davidtraher
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This is my first starter, used WLP080 Cream Ale yeast. I don’t have a stir plate. Made it Wednesday night, it’s now Saturday morning, shaked the starter Wort like crazy for several minutes, added yeast (not sure it was room temp, probably a little cooler), added the yeast, swirled it around, left it until morning. Swirled in the morning, didn’t look like much was going on though. Due to that stupid work thing, wasn’t able to swirl shake until Thursday evening. Friday morning it appeared to have a layer forming on the bottom. Threw it into the fridge to separate it but when I checked it Friday evening, it basically looked the same. Rightly or wrong, put it back on the counter, gave it a swirl, it foamed up some, left it overnight and this morning there is definitely a layer on the bottom but it is grey. It smells sweet. Took the pictures below. Pitch calculator says I need to do a step up starter, was hoping to do that last night and brew tomorrow. Thoughts?