Is my yeast starter any good

[Braufather]

It's now about 28 hours. I've followed advice about regular shakes but in hind site won't that have stopped the krausen forming and the yeast cake settling?

How do I know if it's any good? I am brewing now and will be ready to pitch in about 4 hours?

And advice apreciated

 

[Braufather]

Apart from being upside down that is!

 

[Martybhoy]

Did it foam at any point?

Normally I put my starter in the fridge the day before pitching. You won't really have time to do this, so I'd just pitch everything from your flask into the wort. Assuming you've used pale DME, the extra wort you're chucking into your brew won't change the flavour any.

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[Braufather]

Medium dme was all I had, it's for a pale ale. Not sure I ever had full krausen but all the shaking my have interfered with it maybe?

 

[DoctorMick]

That looks like a layer of yeast on the bottom to me. As said above, chuck it all in...

 

[Martybhoy]

Medium DME will be fine.

After roughly 12hrs, my starters start to foam after each shake.

What yeast did you use?

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[Braufather]

There is a layer of yeast, but as can be seen, it quite thin.

 

[MyQul]

There is a layer of yeast, but as can be seen, it quite thin.

That piccy looks to me like everything is fine. There's loads of yeast there. Chuck that bad boy in the wort!

 

[Martybhoy]

It seems to have settled. Not sure what the dark brown bits are? Haven't noticed them in my starters before.

What's it smell like and what yeast did you use?

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[MyQul]

It seems to have settled. Not sure what the dark brown bits are? Haven't noticed them in my starters before.

What's it smell like and what yeast did you use?

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The dark brown bits are trub from the DME

 

[Martybhoy]

Ah, cool. I use light DME so probably why I haven't noticed that before.

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[Braufather]

Ok cheers guys. Will chuck it in.

 

[Braufather]

Did it foam at any point?

Normally I put my starter in the fridge the day before pitching. You won't really have time to do this, so I'd just pitch everything from your flask into the wort. Assuming you've used pale DME, the extra wort you're chucking into your brew won't change the flavour any.

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Yes, foamed well after each shake, then died down. Is that good?

 

[Martybhoy]

Yeah. That's a good sign. It's what you should be seeing.

Sounds like you have it sussed.

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