Fear of Flat Beer: Yeast too tired to carb?

[EinGutesBier]

I have a beer that has been fermented with Wyeast's High Gravity Trappist yeast for about four weeks. Will the yeast be too tired or too dormant to bottle condition with just a priming solution? Or will I need to add a gyle starter to kreusen it? Is it good to get the yeast warmed and shaken up again? Thanks.

 

[Orfy]

It'll be fine.It takes very little yeast to carb beer.

 

[Revvy]

Only four weeks fermentation? You'll be fine...

One thing I do is to run my autosiphon across the bottom of the fermenter once when I am racking to the bottling bucket...this kicks up some yeast back into the beer, that makes sure you are getting a decent enough amount...

 

[Ecnerwal]

Only batch I've ever had trouble with carbing was in tertiary for about 4.5 years. 4 weeks - piffle. 4 months, fine. 4 years - a bit much.

 

[Nurmey]

Only batch I've ever had trouble with carbing was in tertiary for about 4.5 years. 4 weeks - piffle. 4 months, fine. 4 years - a bit much.

I was going to say something similar. My longest is 18 months but it carbed just fine.