White labs wlp002 English ale pure pitch looks different

[jashgtp]

Any thoughts on of this packet looks abnormal?

White labs wlp002 English ale, it's my first time using this strain.

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• jashgtp
• Oct 19, 2019

 

[RPh_Guy]

It's a very high flocculation strain.

 

[filthyastronaut]

It's funny that it did that in the package, but my experience is that it loves to flocculate in massive clumps!

 

[day_trippr]

Looks about right.
002 is the cottage cheese of yeasts...

Cheers!

 

[IslandLizard]

Egg drop soup!

Spinning or shaking a starter of it for a day (or 2), when a certain cell density is reached, the same thing happens. It's amazing!

 

[Vale71]

Totally normal for this strain. Once it is exposed to fermentable sugars, either in a starter or directly pitched, it will de-floc almost instantly.

 

[jashgtp]

Thanks for the reassurance. Always an adventure exploring new yeasts.

It is chugging away less than 15 hours after pitching.

 

[IslandLizard]

Did you pitch as is or from a starter?

 

[jashgtp]

Did you pitch as is or from a starter?

Yes, I used one packet in a 4 cups water, 1/2 cup dme starter ( about 19 hours)

Then split it up into two six gallon fermenters

 

[Stand]

WLP200 which is 001 and 002 mixed and it looks like this on stir plate.

Vial looked like paste.

 

[jashgtp]

Update: 24 hours later looks like it's chewed through the sugars really well, I'll probably take a gravity check tomorrow. The starting gravity was 1066.

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• jashgtp
• Oct 23, 2019

Wlp002

 

[jashgtp]

UPDATE

Kegged my English spice and gravity was 10.14. So apparent attenuation of almost 78%. Impressive little yeast.