Evaluate this pic please......

[tuskenraider]

So my first starter on a homemade stir plate. This is a pack of Wyeast 1968 London ESB dated 10/30/11. Been about 16 hours on it at this point and looks like this. About a 1/3rd cup of DME in 750ml of wort, pitched at 70 or so. If I pull the plug, it drops like a rock. Any thoughts if this is healthy/normal as I'm about to start a batch of brown ale?

 

[beergolf]

1968 looks like that all the time. It is fine.

First time I saw it I thought the same thing as you did.

 

[daksin]

Yea, 1968 is super flocculant. Have you ever poured some out of a smack pack? Looks like cottage cheese. I was weirded out the first time, too.

 

[tuskenraider]

Yeah, I did notice it came out of the pack a bit funky, but that went away once shaken. Anyway, thanks. Time to brew!

 

[winvarin]

Egg drop soup? Check. It must be a British yeast. I use WLP002 a lot, which I think is pretty much the same strain. Mine looks like this every time

 

[Seven]

Normal. I'd say it's done.

 

[jfr1111]

That looks lovely.

 

[solavirtus]

I had the same reaction to the first 007 starter, and it turned out fine. That's how a lot of English strains look.

 

[william_shakes_beer]

Brewing is not as pretty thing.

 

[dpittard]

Wow. I've never used 1968 so I would have raised a similar question myself. That doesn't look like any starter I've had before, but then again, I've never used 1968. That's some weird looking yeast!

 

[mlyday]

Most people wouldnt drink beer if they actually saw the fementation taking place, to the novice it looks pretty nasty, to most of us, its beautiful.