Refermentation for bottle conditioning

[Mojojoey]

So, I'm about to bottle a beer that has taken forever to fermenting - the old 3724 saison stall. But hey, it's finally ready after 10 weeks!
So I'm thinking I may want to add fresh yeast help the carbonation process in the bottles.
My question... How much yeast should I add? Should I treat it like any other 5 gallon batch, or do I add less yeast since I only want to fermenting a relatively small amount of yeast?

 

[Remos112]

So, I'm about to bottle a beer that has taken forever to fermenting - the old 3724 saison stall. But hey, it's finally ready after 10 weeks!
So I'm thinking I may want to add fresh yeast help the carbonation process in the bottles.
My question... How much yeast should I add? Should I treat it like any other 5 gallon batch, or do I add less yeast since I only want to fermenting a relatively small amount of yeast?

What was your og and fg? Answers to those questions will be very useful!

 

[Mojojoey]

OG: 1.075
FG: 1.008

3724 yeast

 

[ESBrewer]

Small amount of healthy and active yeast should be enough for bottle carbonation/conditioning. Don't know exactly why it took so long to ferment. The recipe and conditions could help to find out the reason or it may be yeast health and The character of saison yeast.

 

[NTexBrewer]

So, I'm about to bottle a beer that has taken forever to fermenting - the old 3724 saison stall. But hey, it's finally ready after 10 weeks!
So I'm thinking I may want to add fresh yeast help the carbonation process in the bottles.
My question... How much yeast should I add? Should I treat it like any other 5 gallon batch, or do I add less yeast since I only want to fermenting a relatively small amount of yeast?

I use about 2 grams of EC1118 to reyeast at bottling with good results. I rehydrate the yeast in 100ml of warm water for 15 minutes and then add to the bottling bucket with the priming sugar.

 

[Mojojoey]

Champagne yesterday huh? Do you do that for all your aged beer?

I have some other, more aggressive saison yeast (wallonian farmhouse from yeast bay) in my fridge. I was thinking about using some of that, but I doubt I need the full 100 billion cells. Perhaps half?

 

[ESBrewer]

Not a saison expert but I don't think you need to spend 100 billion cells. Just a little bit of slurry should do cause there is plenty of yeast already (even if not so active anymore) and there is not much sugar to eat.

 

[Mojojoey]

Not a saison expert but I don't think you need to spend 100 billion cells. Just a little bit of slurry should do cause there is plenty of yeast already (even if not so active anymore) and there is not much sugar to eat.

Thanks . So... I'll just make a healthy starter and pitch most of it into a new batch, and reserve a little bit to bottle with the next day. A great excuse to brew again!

 

[NTexBrewer]

Champagne yesterday huh? Do you do that for all your aged beer?

I have some other, more aggressive saison yeast (wallonian farmhouse from yeast bay) in my fridge. I was thinking about using some of that, but I doubt I need the full 100 billion cells. Perhaps half?

Yes. Champagne yeast will only eat the priming sugar if fermentation is complete. Easy to work with since it is a dry yeast and costs $0.99.