Yeast Starter... No Activity

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I did my first yeast starter last night. There's no activity in the flask whatsoever. Is this normal? I thought I would see some bubbling.

I really wanted to brew tonight. Is 24 hours long enough for a yeast starter?

Also, I have a piece of aluminum foil over the top as suggested. Is this sanitary?

Thanks
 
I know that sometimes you don't see the starter activity and it still fermented out. I think it goes so quick that sometimes we miss it. Is it still cloudy, or is the yeast sitting at the bottom in a nice little cake? If it's flocculated, it's probably done. 24 hours should be all you need, but I try to do it 48 hours in advance.

The foil is fine, since you wanted oxygen in there.
 

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