Hefeweizen question

[SixFoFalcon]

I've tried swirling it several times. Maybe I'm not being forceful enough? I make sure when I do it, I'm not splashing the surface too much, but a good portion of the yeast does get re-suspended and the beer gets cloudy again. At most, that makes the airlock bubble a few times momentarily, but within 10-20 minutes it settles back to bubbling once every 2-3 minutes.

It's at 68*F and there's not much I can do to raise that. EDIT - Just moved it to an upstairs closet. Perhaps it will be a couple degrees warmer there.

 

[FSR402]

I've tried swirling it several times. Maybe I'm not being forceful enough? I make sure when I do it, I'm not splashing the surface too much, but a good portion of the yeast does get re-suspended and the beer gets cloudy again. At most, that makes the airlock bubble a few times momentarily, but within 10-20 minutes it settles back to bubbling once every 2-3 minutes.

It's at 68*F and there's not much I can do to raise that. EDIT - Just moved it to an upstairs closet. Perhaps it will be a couple degrees warmer there.

I had a stout that was stuck and what got it moving was getting off the concrete floor. Sure my room was 65 but the floor was more like 60.

Give it a few days in the warmer room and see where it's at.

 

[SixFoFalcon]

The temp is now up 2 degrees. A very fine layer of bubbles has returned to the surface. Airlock activity is up to one bubble per minute.

Updates to follow.

 

[SixFoFalcon]

Once I bumped up the temperature a couple degrees, the SG dropped about .002 within about 2 days, but then it stayed at 1.019 for several days in a row. Friday, I pitched another 10g of Safbrew T-58 and there were a few tiny bubbles on the surface a couple hours later, but that went away quickly. Hydro read 1.019 again this morning. I'll check it again tomorrow, but I'm starting to suspect this batch may be done.

 

[david_the_greek]

similar situation with my just made hefe. I made a good starter and the next day I cleaned the airlock 5 or 6 times before the afternoon even rolled around! I didn't have a blow off tube at the time (although I ended up running to ACE hardware to get some). I just got a new hydrometer yesterday so I'll have to see where I'm at.

 

[sphericalcamel]

I've found that a good rule of thumb for hefe's is go 2 weeks in the primary and then go to bottles and wait 2 more weeks before you start drinking it. Oh and rack a new batch on the yeast cake in the primary after you bottle because that first batch won't last long.

Mine will be in the primary 3 weeks by the time I get to keg it, will the yeast still be happy enough to reuse them or should I buy new yeast? (I've never repitched)

 

[bradsul]

Mine will be in the primary 3 weeks by the time I get to keg it, will the yeast still be happy enough to reuse them or should I buy new yeast? (I've never repitched)

They'll be happier when you give them a bunch more food to eat. They will be fine!