dfohio
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Hi, I made a 1 cup starter last night and pitched a 26 ml tube of frozen wyeast german ale yeast. Put it on the stir plate and let it do its thing. 18 hours later there is a 3 inch layer of foam on top with a lot of brown specks on top. I'm assuming this is dead yeast. In the bottom there is very little white yeast and the white yeast is that is there is very clumpy. Nothing like I have ever seen.
So the question....Did my frozen yeast fail or should I step it up to a liter and expect to see a lot of yeast? I'm just puzzled because I have never seen this much brown gunk on the krausen and in suspension..
BTW the yeast did look healthy when I thawed it if that means anything.
So the question....Did my frozen yeast fail or should I step it up to a liter and expect to see a lot of yeast? I'm just puzzled because I have never seen this much brown gunk on the krausen and in suspension..
BTW the yeast did look healthy when I thawed it if that means anything.