Hoppylikerabbits
Well-Known Member
So last Sunday i brewed my first Hefeweizen with a "reclamed" yeast from a bottle of 1543 hefeweizen that i brought back from Germany. I started off with a 1 cup starter with the reclamed yeast then pitched it up to a 2 liter starter and it took off in the starter phenomenally (extremely violent.. almost had an overflow). The problem im having now is it seems to be stuck. I brewed up the hefe with
5lb wheat malt
3lb pale malt
1lb munich malt
.5 oz Hallertauer 60min
.5 oz Saaz 30 min
.5 oz Hallertauer 10 min
(154 mash temp)
and i added orange zest and orange flesh to a gallon of 170 water for 1hr and added it all to primary after cooling of course (like the blood orange hefeweizen).
The only thing different i did this batch was this is the first time i did the 100% O2 aeration method. I blasted it with the O2 for about 50 seconds. It took off well and Krausen started to rise. Almost all of my beers get around 3-5 inches of Krausen prior to reaching FG. This beer got about 1/2-1inch of Krausen and just stopped. I ferment in my ferm-chamber around 60-65deg. This beer the yeast went dormant and are already building up a yeast cake on the bottom of the fermenter and the beer is nowhere near done. I went ahead and removed the carboy from the chamber and moved it to my spare room which is at 74 deg. Im wondering if anyone else has any ideas as to how to get this guy active again.
5lb wheat malt
3lb pale malt
1lb munich malt
.5 oz Hallertauer 60min
.5 oz Saaz 30 min
.5 oz Hallertauer 10 min
(154 mash temp)
and i added orange zest and orange flesh to a gallon of 170 water for 1hr and added it all to primary after cooling of course (like the blood orange hefeweizen).
The only thing different i did this batch was this is the first time i did the 100% O2 aeration method. I blasted it with the O2 for about 50 seconds. It took off well and Krausen started to rise. Almost all of my beers get around 3-5 inches of Krausen prior to reaching FG. This beer got about 1/2-1inch of Krausen and just stopped. I ferment in my ferm-chamber around 60-65deg. This beer the yeast went dormant and are already building up a yeast cake on the bottom of the fermenter and the beer is nowhere near done. I went ahead and removed the carboy from the chamber and moved it to my spare room which is at 74 deg. Im wondering if anyone else has any ideas as to how to get this guy active again.