Stepping up a starter of Wyeast 1968, and have been reading that the chunky "egg drop soup" appearance is normal. I don't have a stir plate, so semi-frequently agitate the culture. However, I poured my small 1-2 cup volume to a larger container, not only was it chunky, but poured like egg drop soup also. Stringy, almost snotty. Is THIS also part of the normal starter appearance/behavior, or should I be worried??
The smell was not terrible/rancid. And the feel of some of it (the leftovers after I transferred) wasn't egregiously nasty. In all of the posts I could find, the descriptions cover the look of the starter and chunks, and not any stringy/slimy looking characteristics.
Wanted to poll the room and see if this is also normal.
thanks for any help/reassurances LOL