Darker Yeast

[Bulls Beers]

I bought a vile of WL830 German Lager yeast yesterday. I took it out of the fridge to warm up a bit to make a starter. I just noticed that it looks dark. Dark like coco. I've used this yeast a bunch of times and it is usually a lot lighter. Anybody else experience this?

 

[WDT]

I just bought this same yeast a couple days ago and noticed the same thing. I called white labs tech support and they said they've been getting lots of calls on it. They said it was normal though.

Mines on the stirplate as I type this.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Thanks man, I thought I was losing it.