[happywanderer]

LHBS didn't have the yeast I wanted but did have WLP002.

This is fine because I was making a porter/stout.  Read the description and thought it would compliment fine.  No problems.

BTW - man liquid yeasts are expensive. 

Made my starter.  No issues.  Next day its floc'd out ... but I notice the yeast cake "jumping" or "bubbling".  Weird.  Cold-crashed the starter and the bubbling went away. 

Brewed and pitched my yeast.  Fermented great. But then the "jumping" or "bubbling" continued in primary for 3 weeks.  Thought I was infected.  I was freaked out.  This was an expensive brew.   

Turns out this is normal for certain yeasts.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/wyeast-1968-jumping-globs-yeast-468093/

The sample I took tasted delicious.  And it fermented perfectly to anticipated FG.  So.  Didn't think I would use this yeast again... but I might.  The beer tastes great after all. 

Just weird first experience with this strain.  Thought I'd share for anyone else not familiar with "jumping" yeast. 

[Stevie]

Yep, the little "jumping" flocs are being lifted by CO2 coming out of solution. Nothing to worry about. 002 is very flocculant, but a great yeast overall.

[Joe Sr.]

Just posted on your other thread.  I love the WY equivalent for my English ales.  Absolutely love it.

It's a weird sticky clumpy yeast, but it makes good beer better IMO.

[blatz]

http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=87581&p=811048&hilit=1968#p811048

 

[Joe Sr.]

I don't even want to comment on what that looks like.

Wish the video was still available.

[HoosierBrew]

I don't even want to comment on what that looks like.

[ynotbrusum]

My experience is that 1768-PC does the same thing - less a slurry harvest than a dough harvest!  But the Bitters with it are awesome.

[gmac]

Welcome to the magical world of Fuller's Yeast.  Looks like fermenting with cottage cheese but it makes good beer.

[flbrewer]

Had a similar experience yesterday. Used WLP001, my first time using a White Labs vial. A couple of notes...no one told me that it acts like a shook up soda upon opening. The smell was out of this world, great stuff.

[erockrph]

Welcome to the magical world of Fuller's Yeast.  Looks like fermenting with cottage cheese but it makes good beer.

You should see WLP037 (Yorkshire Square). It makes Fullers look like a lager strain. The cake is so compact that you can tip your carboy/bucket completely over and it won't budge. I tried to take a gravity sample a little early on my barleywine, but I couldn't because my thief kept getting clogged.

Had a similar experience yesterday. Used WLP001, my first time using a White Labs vial. A couple of notes...no one told me that it acts like a shook up soda upon opening. The smell was out of this world, great stuff.

Maybe that's why they store them in 2L soda bottle blanks

Tip - open it slowly until you just start to hear it, or see bubbles rising in the vial. Close when they reach the top. Repeat a few times until you let enough of the pressure out.