Decanting the starter

[Pixalated]

I made a starter, refrigerated it, but I am not sure how much liquid to dump out. Is the white stuff on the bottom the settled yeast, and that's all I care about?

 

[Sherpa FE]

you can either pitch the whole thing, however if you want to just pitch the yeast, its the stuff on the bottom of the flask.

 

[theredben]

I usually dump out almost everything, leaving maybe a couple of tablespoons behind to swirl the yeast back into suspension.

 

[Pixalated]

My starter is quite large so I do not want do dump all if it. So is the white stuff at the bottom the yeast?

 

[sjbeerman]

Yes, the white stuff at the bottom is yeast. I usually decant until there is ~1L remaining then pitch that in the wort.