I've had my starter for going on 3 years now and its been great. However, I've been traveling a lot the past couple of weeks and I realized last night night that although its been in the fridge the whole time, it hasn't been fed in 3 weeks. I pulled it out last night and there was the typical dark liquid 'hootch' ontop and it smelled very alcoholic. I stirred it up and fed it and it's been sitting out for about 18 hours now with no obvious signs of life. It still has a very sour, very pungent smell but it doesn't seem like its gone bad. No orange. No pink. No mold. That said, there's no bubble yet either. How long do I wait before I know its dead?

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