foxyaardvark
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I have an oatmeal stout in primary with an OG of around 1.7. I made a 2 liter yeast starter from a Wyeast smack pack and its been in the carboy for about 3 days. The krausen only ever got up to about an inch the first two days and now it is gone completely. Airlock activity around every 6 seconds though. I've never had a beer have this little krausen. Should I be worried? My starter seemed to grow a lot of yeast so I don't think the yeast was bad, but I'm getting concerned it might have given up. I did use potassium metabisulfate to treat all of my water before brewing which I have done several times before. I used a little more than necessary. Probably equivalent to around 3/4 a campden tablet for 5 gallons about an hour before boiling. From what I've read, this shouldn't be enough to kill my yeast and should have had time to do its thing. What happened to my beer? I'm confident my sanitation was better than average as well. Should I buy more yeast and add it?