Bloomin mold!!

[Aleman]

Just looked at my WLP833 starter for my CAP and the damned thing has a thin white layer of mold over the surface of the liquid, so thats down the drain

Just put 20ml of a sterile starter into the Whitelabs phial to free up what was left (I always keep them in the fridge afterwards so that I can culture up a couple of slants etc). Hopefully this should be fermenting well tomorrow morning so that it can go into 200ml of wort, and then I can step that up again tomorrow evening to a bigger starter. Won't have quite so much yeast as I planned, but a good active starter should achieve my aims.

That'll teach me to try and do yeast starters in the house

[Andy]

Could be worse, could be in your beer!

[mysterio]

Woah, bad luck. Was it definately mold? Some of my starters form a thin white layer but i'm assuming these are fine bubbles accumulating on the surface

[Aleman]

Its mold, its a white film, and there is a definite 'layer' in the starter with some bubbles trapped 'between the layers.

[oblivious]

Thats some bad luck!

[Graham]

Thats some bad luck!

For whom? Aleman or the poor little furry white mould that was only trying to make a living?

[Aleman]

Thats some bad luck!

For whom? Aleman or the poor little furry white mould that was only trying to make a living?

Its a film mold, before I ditch it all I'll try and get some piccies

[oblivious]

Thats some bad luck!

For whom? Aleman or the poor little furry white mould that was only trying to make a living?

Yea, they all start of as little furry white moulds next you know there wearing Burberry

[Vossy1]