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I activated a packet of 1968 London ESB Wyeast yesterday morning by popping the internal nutrient packet in the activator / smack pack.
The yeast was manufactured April 2011 and as it was fresh, within less than 12 hours it was fully expanded.
Last night, to my surprise it seemed to have quite large flakes, similar to curdled milk if you were to add lemon to a cup of tea with milk in it.
I had not used this yeast strain before but when I noticed the flakes, I smelt it to see if there were any obvious issues with it. The yeast smelt different to some other yeasts, however it wasn't unpleasant and it didn't smell off.
Does anyone have any advice if this is something that is normal with this yeast or did I potentially get a dud?
I have attached a couple of picks of the packet, left over flakes and the left over nutrient pack.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks
Roller
The yeast was manufactured April 2011 and as it was fresh, within less than 12 hours it was fully expanded.
Last night, to my surprise it seemed to have quite large flakes, similar to curdled milk if you were to add lemon to a cup of tea with milk in it.
I had not used this yeast strain before but when I noticed the flakes, I smelt it to see if there were any obvious issues with it. The yeast smelt different to some other yeasts, however it wasn't unpleasant and it didn't smell off.
Does anyone have any advice if this is something that is normal with this yeast or did I potentially get a dud?
I have attached a couple of picks of the packet, left over flakes and the left over nutrient pack.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks
Roller