AR-Josh
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure I have a stuck fermentation. I had a 1.5 hour drive today and was thinking about my stuck ferment. I had an idea for handling it without having to buy more of the same yeast I used or use a yeast I just had lying around to get it going again.
What if I rack the unfinished beer (SG 1.026) to another ale pale, then use the yeast at the bottom of the original ale pale to pitch into a starter. Only, don't continually aerate the starter so the yeast just start eating again. Then when the start shows signs that it is at the peak of fermentation, I pitch it back into the unfinished beer. Now I have my original yeast active and hopefully going to town on the rest of the sugers in the beer.
What do you think? If this is already a common thing to do then oh well. I have not run into any posts about doing this yet and I would rather post than search at the moment.
What if I rack the unfinished beer (SG 1.026) to another ale pale, then use the yeast at the bottom of the original ale pale to pitch into a starter. Only, don't continually aerate the starter so the yeast just start eating again. Then when the start shows signs that it is at the peak of fermentation, I pitch it back into the unfinished beer. Now I have my original yeast active and hopefully going to town on the rest of the sugers in the beer.
What do you think? If this is already a common thing to do then oh well. I have not run into any posts about doing this yet and I would rather post than search at the moment.