no cake in vial of Brett?

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Just picked up a vial of WLP645, Brettanomyces claussenii, from my LHBS. Unlike all the other White Labs yeast I've used (all Saccharomyces), there was no cake/plug of yeast in the bottom - just a cloudy, amber/copper colored liquid in the vial.

Is this normal?
 
I got the 650 and had a small cake. Supposedly they do not have as many cells in the Brett vials, because they are assuming you are using it as a secondary yeast and do not need to provide sufficient yeast to start a Primary.

..... Just want to add, I don't agree they provide enough in their Sac vials.

I suspect it's just all in suspension.
 
From their website:

Q: I just bought one vial of brettanomyces brux WLP650. I have used White Labs "normal" ale yeast in the past and have noticed that there is usually a 1-2 inch pellet ( yeast cake) at the bottom of the tube. WLP650 has a very small pellet (1-2 millimeters) at the bottom. Is there still the same number of yeast cells in a vial of brettanomyces as saccaromyces?

A: This sounds normal, as we do not concentrate the brettanomyces. Therefore, you won't see a thick layer in the tube. The cultures are generally 50 million cells/ml.
 
dstar26t said:
From their website:

Q: I just bought one vial of brettanomyces brux WLP650. I have used White Labs "normal" ale yeast in the past and have noticed that there is usually a 1-2 inch pellet ( yeast cake) at the bottom of the tube. WLP650 has a very small pellet (1-2 millimeters) at the bottom. Is there still the same number of yeast cells in a vial of brettanomyces as saccaromyces?

A: This sounds normal, as we do not concentrate the brettanomyces. Therefore, you won't see a thick layer in the tube. The cultures are generally 50 million cells/ml.
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Excellent. Thanks!
 

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