Sign of bad yeast?

MackanErland

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I have made several starter and they have all come out ok. Now I did a starter with Wyeast Ringwood Ale 1187 and everything went well. Plenty of activity but then it turned a bit grainy while on the magnetic stirrer.

I removed it after about 26 hours and most fell to the bottom straight away. Is this normal? The other ones I have made in the past have ben finer, so to speak.
 
Yep. Normal. Some English yeasts are so highly flocculant they look like egg drop soup in the flask and drop out like a lead weight once you stop stirring. That's why they leave sweetness in the beer - they quit and drop out.
 
Awesome, thanks. A bit worried there for a while. Appreciate the help.
 
My London ESB yeast does the same thing, it packs in like cement in the bottom of the jar when I save a starter. My Saison yeast never really settles at all so the difference is stark.
 
Yeah, every time I use S-04, I have to worry about it starting to drop before it's even done fermenting.and when it does drop, it drops like a rock. Mostly doesn't even need cold-crashing.
 

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