I've done yeast starters before using new packs of yeast with great success. But as i progress further into this hobby, i've started all-grain brewing and decided to reuse yeast from a previous batch. i'm not sure what you refer to this as - "Yeast Wrags" maybe??? So, during my last brew i saved all the sediment at the bottom of the primary fermentor in a jar and kept it in the refrigerator. Last night i decided to try a yeast starter using the saved yeast (WYeast 1056). I added 9oz of the yeast wrags into the fermentor (about 1/2 of what i had saved) along with the starter wort, shook the heck out of it, airlocked it, and left it overnight. This morning it was just settled out, with no activity, nothing. It looks dead. I'm wondering if my yeast is no good, if i have to run it through a second starter, or just give it more time? Should i shake it again and leave it a while longer? Or did i do something totally wrong with this yeast wrag? My worry is that i did something wrong using the old yeast and this is a lost cause. Attached is a picture from this morning which was 8 hours after i put it down. Any help would be great as this process is still fairly new to me. Thanks all... Cheers!
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