B_Lines

Recipes 

So I did my starter like normal. About 3oz of dme. Boiled it, cooled it, pitched a wyeast English ale yeast. On the stir plate it looks like it is curtled. When I stop the spin all the clumps fall down and seperate really quick. I've never had a starter do that before. Did I do something wrong?

Dan

Recipes 

I had the same thing with a White Labs dry english ale yeast. A few people told me that is the nature of english ale yeast. It looked kinda like a lava lamp. Turned out perfectly fine.

__________________

B_Lines

Recipes 

Correction... It's the white labs wlp002 English ale yeast

JLem

Recipes 

Whenever I've used wlp002 or wlp007, I always comment on how it looks like cottage cheese. I think your starter is fine.

__________________
Brewing blog at Brew by Brew

B_Lines

Recipes 

Cool. Thanks for the quick replies

kapbrew13

Recipes 

+1 same experience here

Shooter

Recipes 

Yep, sounds normal. Fermentation is weird!!!

__________________
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C. S. Lewis, English essayist & juvenile novelist (1898 - 1963)

Grinnan5150

Recipes 

I have also got the same curdled result with White Labs Irish Ale yeast. Must be a UK thing.

newhobby

Recipes 

I used some Mr beer cowboy and had the same thing. The company said some if there Malts have some curdling type stuff in the malt. Inside the carboy it is bubbling like crazy. Thus is a first for me.

pelipen

Recipes 

My third generation american ale ii went clumpy. Smells fine and it's going crazy in the low 60's. There must be a reason.