You could have missed, wait and see if it flocs in the next 8 hours or so.
Thanks Queequeg, I always used WL yeasts and this is my first smack pack. I didn't let the package swell. I pitched it about an hours after I broke the nutrient package. Will this make a diff?
Dirty B.
It looks perfectly normal to me. I often get no krausen when using my stirplate. Not letting the Smackpack swell is fine. I usually often open the pack pour the yeast in and n the nutrient without "smacking" at all. 18-24 hours later I either pitch the whole thing or chill to decant the liquid, depending on the size of the starter.
I find each yeast is a little different in the way they ferment, but there should not be much difference between WL and WY.
I'm going to shake it now. All my WL starters formed some krausen so I was just a bit worried. ThanksI don't always get krausen with my starters. From the pic it actually looks like it is working (the colour and what appears to be co2 bubbles around the edge). Did the colour change? If you shake it does it foam a little?
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