Who has tasted their starter?

[dannyhawkins]

I have made several dozen starters prior to this revelation. Tonight I tasted the remaining wort from a starter I made with WLP-001 and it tasted like vinegar!
Has anyone tasted this in a starter before?
I am sure it is infected with acetobacter and became vinegar. I am just hoping and wondering if someone has noticed the same thing before.

 

[flars]

I tasted my bread yeast after it was proofed once. Never tasted my beer yeast after that experience. The bread yeast had a nasty bitter taste. I imagine beer yeasts are not to much different. You may not have an infection.

 

[stevo4361]

Tried mine once too. Never again. Extremely green beer taste, sure could be described as vinegar like I suppose. Beer I pitched the yeast into turned out great, you're beer is fine I would bet.

Stevo

 

[giraffe]

I always taste my starters, mostly to make sure the starter is clean(ish). And to get a rough idea of what esters a new strain may provide. Then again, my starters ferment around 70. If your starter is cooking away at 80, it will make a fine starter, but will likely taste even more terrible.

Really I just obsessively taste at every point.