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You are cold crashing and fining?

Nice! Is there much Belgain yeast character left?

If it were me I would spend 3-4 weeks in primary, cold crash, and then move to secondary. I would then add the flavoring and age until it's where you want it. I think 1 week in primary likey isn't enough time for fermentation to complete on a big beer so you'd be taking a lot of yeast with you...

Nice! Happy to hear things are moving. What was your desired FG on these?

That's crazy that the Super Yeast is being so difficult. What ABV would you expect this second batch is sitting at? If it were my beer I think I would give it a few weeks in the mid 60s unpurturbed to work through the sugar before throwing in the towel. I would bet this is a case of stressed...

If still stuck, I would try building up a new starter using the high gravity yeast and pitching that at a slighty higher temperature (mid 60s). I would bet that initial period in the 50s got things stuck for you.

Very cool project! Looking forward to reading the results

Was this a 5 gal batch? 10L (2.6 gal) of starter was a bit of an overkill maybe.

10L starter - wow! How did you manage that? Is that a 2L starter fed 5 times? Thank you for the update. Very neat! I'm inspired to try a batch of this myself.

Raising the temperature could be worth a shot - up to 70 F maybe. I would give it at least a couple more weeks for the S04 to finish up if it were my beer.

I've never cultured dregs from those beers but I would think their composition and vitality would be a bigger factor than any choices you'd make with the starter. It is always an experiment to see what, if anything, the dregs will bring to the table. A starter should help the dregs out a bit...

Have you brewed this one yet? What did you decide?

Sounds like you are well prepared with the ability to make a starter and O2 injection. I would think stepping up the starter a couple times at 1.25 L each would give a sufficient cell count (might try a pitch calculator to dial that in). Brewing a small beer first and then pitching onto the...

Cold crashing can stop a fermentation but doesn't kill the yeast. You'll likely find that fermentaion will start back up once the beer warms up a bit. If this is after you bottle you could end up with over carbonated beer or bottle bombs. You could also try campden tablets to shock the yeast...