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Krausen on re-culture starter?

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Germelli1

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I recently harvested some pacman in hopes of re-culturing it. For a few days the yeast sat on the bottom and slowly multiplied. Now there is much less yeast on the bottom and majority of it is suspended in the starter wort. I peeled the foil up a bit and saw there was a mini krausen that had formed.

Should I stop swirling it?

When the krausen falls should I dump the fluid and step up to a bigger starter?

Any other advice?

Thanks in advance for helping me on my first yeast re-culturing!
 
if you see an active krausen, keep swirling till it falls and is finished. you don't have to, but it will be of some benefit. once the krausen falls and the yeast has flocc'd, dump the 'beer' and step it up.
 
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