Starter never krausened

[Pharmbrewer]

I had my starter going on a stir plate (1.5L) for 24 hours (wyeast 2206) and never saw any krausen on the top. I chilled overnight anyway and tasted the wort in the am. It was still pretty sweet but it did have some carbonation and some beer like flavor. I also noticed the yeast turned my starter wort (pilsner DME 1.040) pretty brown. This is my first time using this strain. I added 1.5 L fresh starter wort this am and am brewing right now. Should I pitch this? My only other option is heading to my LHBS and grabing some Saflager S23. The beer is JZ's oktoberfest from bcs.

Thanks
PB

[BeerPal]

Starter kreusen is often very short in duration and easy to miss. You are probably fine to pitch it.

[HoozierDaddy]

What kind of stir plate are you using? My homemade one was pretty underpowered and always showed krausen. I've done 2 starters so far on a lab grade stirplate on a low setting and now I never seem to see krausen. Mileage varies I suppose.

[brewinhard]

If you starter wort appears brown then maybe that is the yeast up in suspension still if it is on the stirplate. I think you would be fine to pitch it.