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Natdavis777 · Mar 25, 2015

Pitched some 1056 in the left and London ESB on the right. Both manufactured last month. It look weird when I poured it in. SmellS fine though. Anyone else ever see this? View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1427302225.880384.jpg

flars · Mar 25, 2015

Your London ESB starter is typical of low flocculating English yeasts. Called the, "egg drop soup syndrome".

slarkin712 · Mar 25, 2015

This is expected from Wyeast 1968. It's highly flocculant, which is why you get the big clumps.

Natdavis777 · Mar 25, 2015

I thought 1968 was high flocc

atom · Mar 25, 2015

yep...007 will look the same.

Natdavis777 · Mar 25, 2015

Good deal. Its my first time with this strain, as I plan to wash and harvest some for future brews. Just threw me off. Thanks for the info

Beer-lord · Mar 26, 2015

Yep, 007 does the same to me.....chunks. It's all good.

Natdavis777 · Mar 26, 2015

When I wash it, I think what I am going to do it swirl it up with my sterile, deoxygenated water, let it sit for 3-5 min, then decant. The fluid I decant should be the trub mixture, leaving some of the yeast on the bottom. Then I will repeat and the second round should be majority yeast.

That is how I foresee my yeast washing going for this yeast. We will see in a few weeks.

JonM · Mar 26, 2015

Egg drop soup. Perfectly normal for that strain.

blizz81 · Mar 27, 2015

As an off-topic heads up, especially if you are bottle-conditioning, you may want to very gently rouse your 1968 brew after it appears it has finished. A recent experience of mine that I think just flocced so quickly and completely that it could have eaten a couple more points if roused:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/wyeast-1968-overcarb-518991/

brewprint · Mar 27, 2015

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/chunky-starter-493022/

Happened to me too.

RocketBrewer · Mar 29, 2015

Just happened to me as well with WLP029 brittish ale, a little unsettling if you haven't seen it before. You can find the thread here.

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