Hi all,
I recently cultured some yeast from the Hoegaarden Grand Cru, which I have read on tis site, is the same as the White beer yeast (Which to be honest I find surprising), nevertheless, the yeast smelt weird and variable, over the 2 weeks or so I built it up, and I was ready to throw it out, however on tasting the starter it tasted really nice, so, I will be willing to give it a go. I guess my point is don't be put off too much by weird and wonderful smells etc, the yeast may still be doing the right thing by you wort..
Cheers
Case