/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1562634
I've made batches with mixed juices like that and they turned out great. It's a really easy way to make something new. Making a normal cider and then adding some blueberries or raspberries in the secondary also turns out really nice. I've been mostly using lalvin yeast cause that's just what my local brew shop stocks. EC1118 is really good at bringing out the tartness in berries but D47 is nice if you want some of the sweeter notes too. It tends to ferment more gently so you get the softer flavours that more vigorous yeasts will wash out but you do have to baby it sometimes with nutrients and such. Less so if you overpitch a little but you risk making it ferment too fast

>>1562644
Yeah I'd say you need to re pitch. I'm not sure what the shelf life is on dry yeast technically speaking but I've even found that 6 month old packs can have a hard time. If they're open or kept in the fridge I find it makes it worse
If in doubt you can make a sugar water solution with a bit of yeast nutrient and pitch what you were going to into that. Leave it covered for an hour or two and if there's no foam or bubbles whatsoever it's dead. If it seems healthy you can just pitch that into your must