worried about the color of my new test enanthate product

[maldorf]

The test I usually brew up is a nice light yellow color, not far from the color of the cottonseed oil I use. About a year ago I made up a batch, and more than half of the bag of test e powder was left over. I just made up the remainder of the test after it had turned into a yellow/brown gel, it was once a powder. It changed over sometime during the past year. It was sealed in an airtight bag and stored in the basement where it is cool and dark.
the finished product now is the dark yellow color of trenbalone. It looks almost identical to my tren. Placed next to the first test I made up it is much darker. Any ideas out there about this color change? Wondering if it has gone bad.

 

[maldorf]

Well, my source thinks it has gone bad once it changes color. He says that test enanthate, test prop, and deca are all like that. He recomends not leaving them as powder for longer than 1 or 2 months of getting them, no matter how well you pack them. I had the damn stuff inside a ziplock bag that was inside another ziplock, so it was double bagged. It was also stored in the basement where it is cooler and in a dark container.

Anyone else have feedback for me? I hate to throw out 30g of test if its still good. Guess I have some work to do now, have to mix up all of the other powders I have laying around.

So advice, mix all of the powder up as soon as you get it. I was going to do that at first, but others told me they would be ok. Guess I should have listened to my instinct.

 

[Sam5]

I know this is not true. Been brewing for quite some time and have never had this happen. Yes I do believe it would be better to brew it all up at once but not necessary. I have about 40 grams of deca sitting in a bag that has been there for quite some time. I think there might be other variables in your methods that may have contributed to the different color. I've never brewed enanthate, only cypionate which really is totally different under the circumstances we are talking about since melting points play the variable role here. But deca has an almost identical melting point and I've not had this problem. Were you using different oil. Anyone else had this happen because I have never seen this.

 

[maldorf]

I know this is not true. Been brewing for quite some time and have never had this happen. Yes I do believe it would be better to brew it all up at once but not necessary. I have about 40 grams of deca sitting in a bag that has been there for quite some time. I think there might be other variables in your methods that may have contributed to the different color. I've never brewed enanthate, only cypionate which really is totally different under the circumstances we are talking about since melting points play the variable role here. But deca has an almost identical melting point and I've not had this problem. Were you using different oil. Anyone else had this happen because I have never seen this.

Nothing to do with the oil because the powder turned that color and consistency all on its own in the sealed bag. It was sitting there uncontaminated. Ive read now that test enanthate can do this, and from now on im sticking with the test cyp. Hoping test cyp stays in solution as easily as test enanthate.

 

[Sam5]

Nothing to do with the oil because the powder turned that color and consistency all on its own in the sealed bag. It was sitting there uncontaminated. Ive read now that test enanthate can do this, and from now on im sticking with the test cyp. Hoping test cyp stays in solution as easily as test enanthate.

No it doesn't stay in solution the same. Don't go above 200 mg/ml with oil

 

[Sam5]

Cyp has a much higher melting point than enanthate. 250mg per ml is as high as you want to go. I've heard of people having it crash at that strenght too so I just use standard strength's for all my compounds. I don't even go above 200 with deca. If you go too high with anything I don't think it is utilized to a maximal degree of efficiency as far as absorption goes. Enanthate melting point 32-36C, Cypionates melting point 102-108C or somewhere within that area give or take a few degrees Celcius.

 

[Sam5]

An update: I have never had it happen before but when I got home today I was drawing up a syringe of cyp and I make it at a little over 200mg/ml and I noticed some solid clear stuff on the bottom of the bottle. I swished it around and it was crystals so I just reheated it. This is the first time it came out of solution, but it just goes to show that cyp crashes even at 200mg/ml with a 2/18 solvency. Not a big deal. You could put it higher if you don't mind heating your bottle every time.