Yeast starter issue.

[AUEnder]

I have two starters of Wyeast 3522 Ardennes from the same culture that I stepped up and divided. One has a film on top and one doesn't. I crashed them in the fridge yesterday. The one with the film doesn't smell off, but the one without film smells stronger of Belgian yeast.

I'm brewing ten gallons of a Tripel today. Should I pitch the one with the film, or does anyone think it's wild yeast or bacteria?

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[Big Monk]

Looks like krausen to me.

 

[AUEnder]

That's what I thought. The krausen on that jar was twice the size of the other and then it didn't settle out when I crashed it in the fridge. Thought it was odd since the two jars came from the same starter jar.