yeast in starter looked normal then coagulated

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  1. peter831

    peter831 Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2012 California

    Decided to brew on short notice, so yesterday went to the local brew shop and bought White labs English 002 for my voodoo clone and 001 to have on hand for later.

    Made a starter as usual, opened up the vial and it english smelt odd. Looked different, but Oh well, I dont use it often so I guessed it was just different.

    This am the starter looked normal. (by this I mean looked like wort, totally homogenous)

    This afternoon (24 hrs) it had totally coagulated. Looked like boiled egg whites floating/spinning.

    Will low temperatures cause this?

    Decided to split the 6 gal into 2 and pitched the white labs 001 and an extra safer 05 I had.

    Did I make a good decision? or just over react?

    peter
     
    #1 peter831, May 5, 2013
  2. Mfedonczak

    Mfedonczak Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2008 Texas

    Thats normal for 002. It looks like egg drop soup on a stir plate. It is a very flocculant yeast and it clumps easily.
     
    #2 Mfedonczak, May 5, 2013
  3. JebediahScooter

    JebediahScooter Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2010 Vermont

    Yeah, I was freaked the first time I used Wy-1968...looked like milk that had gone off about 2 months prior.
     
    #3 JebediahScooter, May 5, 2013
  4. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    That's just flocculation. All yeast do it, but the WLP002/Wyeast 1968 strain holds on more tightly than most (all?) strains.
     
    #4 VikeMan, May 5, 2013
  5. peter831

    peter831 Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2012 California

    bummer.... better safe than sorry,

    will keep that in mind next time

    peter
     
    #5 peter831, May 5, 2013
  6. peter831

    peter831 Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2012 California

    that is exactly what it looked like, good call

    peter
     
    #6 peter831, May 5, 2013
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