First yeast starter

Yeast & Fermentation
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I did my first yeast starter today and I am wondering if I did everything ok. Starter doesn’t look like its doing anything but when I swirl the container it produces a lot of foam. Does that seem like it is working normally? Thanks

2

Your starter is working fine. You will want to swirl or shake it as often as possible to keep the wort oxygenated for the yeast to continue working.

3

You will often not see a krausen when a starter is going. Just give it a good swirl as often as you can, and you should be good to go.

You used a pitching rate calculator to determine the proper starter size for your process, right? http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html

4

NB gave me a formula to make the yeast starter.

5

Congrats on your first starter. Welcome to the world of obsessing over microbiology.