Need to re pitch...can I aereate again?

[Beerthoven]

Watch out! TexLaw is on the Rout!

Honestly, though, I think reaerating the primary would have been a reasonable thing to do in this case. I don't think its a good way to start all stuck ferments, though, just those where the first yeast pitched were dead (a rare event). As for all the other stuff, bah, I didn't even bother to read it.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Three days?????? THROW IT AWAY. If you left anything out of the refrigerator for three days would you eat or drink it? my answer is no. If there were no yeast or alcohol to fend off the other little creatures that grow in wort then it is not good. A five gallon batch of beer is not worth a major health risk.

If there was something in there, it would either have started fermenting on its own or it would be killed off by the alcohol once fermentation does start. As long as it doesn't look or smell funky, it's perfectly fine.

Anyway, every batch of homebrew is infected to some extent. We sanitize, not sterilize/pasteurize.

(Disclaimer: do at your own risk, etc.)

 

[delpo]

Fermentation continues to humm along but there is a funky smell coming out of it. I have read in the forum that lager yeast can sometimes smell funky. Would that explain the smell? The yeast re pitched was Wyeast Bavaria liquid. The wort taken our for hydrometer reading before re pitching looked and smelled normal. Comments welcomed.

Thanks.

 

[Revvy]

Fermentation continues to humm along but there is a funky smell coming out of it. I have read in the forum that lager yeast can sometimes smell funky. Would that explain the smell? The yeast re pitched was Wyeast Bavaria liquid. The wort taken our for hydrometer reading before re pitching looked and smelled normal. Comments welcomed.

Thanks.

Yup, Lager Yeasts produce some mighty funky, sometimes sulphuric smells...

Everything's fine.

 

[delpo]

It has been 12 days since re pitching and airlock continues to bubble 8-12 times per minute. I have not opened the primary to check gravity due to the bubbling. Should I wait for airlock activity to subside before opening or should I go in and check gravity?

I have been disciplined so far and heeded the advice to step away from the beer.

 

[paul_h]

Check the S.G. after 2-3 weeks, if the S.G. is consistant over three days, bottle it.
Bubbling can just be caused by the ambient temp warming the beer up during the day. I normally leave my beers alone for 3 weeks, and if the S.G. is where I expect it, I bottle.