Is this right? Yeast starter

[Kyral210]

Ok, I farmed some yeast from the slurry of my last brew, its Wyeast London Ale. I pitched it yesterday evening to the starter wort, but I am wondering if the white blobs are good or not. Also, should I wait till it dies down and add fresh wort to get a double cycle before pitching it?

 

[lancsSteve]

Looks like it's getting started - keep swirling it up regularly, a couple of times a day to keep it multiplying and in suspension and aerated
Once you get a decent slurry building up on the bottom from a few days swirling up then you can cool it so it settles, pour off the clearer starter liquid and then pitch the slurry into the next brew

 

[adrianmole72]

Was that literally just scraped from the bottom of the FV ? And what is the "starter wort"?

Stephen

 

[Kyral210]

Well it now looks like I have a very healthy yeast starter, at least its had a good head for the last few days. That is my new problem. It smells like gone off home brew and wont quit fermenting.

I guess the bad smell is because im using just malt extract, and I am swirling the starter 3 times a day (get the oxygen in). Does the long fermentation of the starter just mean I will get loads of yeast? Can I have too much yeast? I calculated the starter to be 1.4 litres with an OG of 1.03

 

[lancsSteve]

If it smells bad/gone off and won't stop fermenting sounds like it's infected to me - don't use it unless you;re sure! A bad taste is normal but a bad smell not good