david_the_greek
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I made a starter from a English ale yeast and I let it spin for two days on my stir plate. I wanted to step this guy up large enough that I could pitch some, and store the rest. I emptied my starter into a separatory funnel and all of what I thought to be the yeast sunk to the bottom. It looked almost like chunks in my starter and I was a little worried. What really set me back a little was the smell. An aroma of sweet with a bit of sour to it. I tasted a little bit of the "beer" that I was throwing out from on top and it was sourish sweet as well. I am concerned and don't want to have to buy more yeast/drive 40 minutes each way to the LHBS that is open on sundays. I also saved a small amount in an auto-clavable glass sample jar, does the yeast content at the bottom look to be large enough to be pitched into a 5 gallon wort? The mid way line on the bottle is I think 100ml, making that what somewhere around 20ml of yeast with some other particles? So what does the peanut gallery think? Look alright for a white labs yeast or have I created a monster? Thanks guys.
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