[ame]http://youtu.be/IkwMs1a0S38[/ame]
What the hell are these things in my starter?!?!?!
I've made 40 or 50 starters in my brewing career, and never seen something like this before. The yeast is WYeast London ESB in a 1.040 starter. It was on the stir plate for 18 hours, and the video was taken about 10 minutes after I took it off of the stir plate, just before I had planned to pitch it into my first batch from my new Kal clone electric setup. Any ideas? I had a fresh smack pack of 1968 that I just smacked, assuming that something is absolutely wrong with the starter. Nothing in my cleaning/sanitation procedure has changed, so I don't know how this could have happened. It should be noted that the smack pack was dated 2/4/12.
Any ideas?
What the hell are these things in my starter?!?!?!
I've made 40 or 50 starters in my brewing career, and never seen something like this before. The yeast is WYeast London ESB in a 1.040 starter. It was on the stir plate for 18 hours, and the video was taken about 10 minutes after I took it off of the stir plate, just before I had planned to pitch it into my first batch from my new Kal clone electric setup. Any ideas? I had a fresh smack pack of 1968 that I just smacked, assuming that something is absolutely wrong with the starter. Nothing in my cleaning/sanitation procedure has changed, so I don't know how this could have happened. It should be noted that the smack pack was dated 2/4/12.
Any ideas?