New-B step up starter question

[stosh]

Thank you in advance for reading this and offering your advice.

The first stage I used a stir plate for about 24 hours then put in the fridge for about 24 hours and decanted this am. When I went to pour in the new cooled wort this am, I swirled the flask to mix up the existing yeast. (This is a 1L starter.)

The yeast was in clumps and didn't "mix" in while swirling. I poured in the new wort and put it on my stir plate. It is still clumpy.

I'm using Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes.

Is this normal?
Should I have let the yeast warm to room temp first b4 pouring in the new wort?
Will this make a difference?
Is the yeast still good?
Will it eventually mix into the new wort?

Again, thank you for your advice and Happy New Year!

 

[Smellyglove]

Sounds like you're using something like 007 or 002? If so it's normal, those kind of strains are highly flocculent and will clump.

 

[str1p3s]

Just compacted from the cold crash. As soon as they warm up and wake up they will get busy.

 

[RM-MN]

Yes that strain is highly flocculant. In other words it drops like a rock. Don't worry, it can find fresh wort.

 

[Remos112]

Sounds perfectly normal Amazing yeast strain! It's also a monster, make sure you have loads of headspace or a good blowoff. I've had this strain almost foam over a 5 L Erlemeyer. Out of curiousity, what are you planning to brew with it?

 

[yourlastchance89]

Ironically I'm doing a starter right now for the exact same strain. It's my first time using it and I underestimated it's power. Worked the night shift last night. First pic is before I left for work and the 2nd is when I got home 12 hours later after I cleaned up the mess from the overspill. I had to shut the stir plate off. I was going to ask on here, I wound up losing some noticeable mLs, should I do another light step up to make up for the loss?

 

[Remos112]

Ironically I'm doing a starter right now for the exact same strain. It's my first time using it and I underestimated it's power. Worked the night shift last night. First pic is before I left for work and the 2nd is when I got home 12 hours later after I cleaned up the mess from the overspill. I had to shut the stir plate off. I was going to ask on here, I wound up losing some noticeable mLs, should I do another light step up to make up for the loss?

I shut down the stirplate just in time, but this yeast gets wild very quickly. Not sure about another light step up but I can't see how it would hurt your case.

 

[stosh]

Sounds perfectly normal Amazing yeast strain! It's also a monster, make sure you have loads of headspace or a good blowoff. I've had this strain almost foam over a 5 L Erlemeyer. Out of curiousity, what are you planning to brew with it?

I'm brewing a Persephone's Deception Pomegranate Dubbel extract kit from northern brewer.
This is my third extract brew since starting this hobby on 11/4/17

 

[gfarantes]

Is there any problem using Fermcap-S? A use 1 drop in 2L starters and works great. Never had overspill.