A Defective Vial of White Labs Yeast?

[Tippsy-Turvy]

I was about to make a starter when I noticed the vial of WLP550 looked rather empty. The lid is definitely still screwed on tightly and there's no sign of leakage.

Is this a defective vial or is the 550 soooo virile that the vial only needs to be a quarter as filled as normal?

The plan was to make 4L starter but with such a tiny amount, even if it's viable I'm not sure if it would produce much final yeast. Any opinions on the starter?

 

[badlee]

I think that warrants an email to wlp.
You never know,they may just send you the rest of it!

 

[skibb]

Yeah looks thin - I also recommend reaching out to WLP, they have great customer service. I've had a similar issue and they took care of me no questions asked.

 

[brew_darrymore]

Doesn't look right to me either. There's no way there are 100 billion cells, unless the WLP550 are a quarter of the size of normal cells

 

[Jimbodaman]

I'm the RDWHAHB type and I would make the 4L starter as planned and see what happens . If the starter fails save the pics and send to White labs they should replace it.

 

[joshesmusica]

Well, to be fair, you also have it stored on its lid. But I suppose that even still it looks slightly less than normal. But I wouldn't say that I would've been worried about it. Shake it up sufficiently, then store it standing with the lid up for a couple of days and see if it looks different.