Yeast added to secondary

[beer4life]

I made a very basic wheat ale and it has been in the carboy since Sunday evening. I split ten gallons in to two five gallon batches. I haven't had much activity, compared to the last batch I made. I was curious if adding another yeast vile to each one when I transfer them to secondary if that would have any negative affect on them? I also want to mention that I plan to add fruit to one of them during secondary. I'm sure that changes things a bit.

Thanks


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[Gameface]

I made a very basic wheat ale and it has been in the carboy since Sunday evening. I split ten gallons in to two five gallon batches. I haven't had much activity, compared to the last batch I made. I was curious if adding another yeast vile to each one when I transfer them to secondary if that would have any negative affect on them? I also want to mention that I plan to add fruit to one of them during secondary. I'm sure that changes things a bit.

Thanks


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How fast are you going from primary to secondary?

By activity, if you're talking about the airlock, keep in mind that airlocks are not calibrated fermentation meters. Airlocks can be active for reasons not related to fermentation and can be inactive even when fermentation is taking place.

Adding yeast to the secondary probably won't accomplish much. The amount of yeast pitched is pretty small compared to the amount of yeast that are grown during the lag phase and that do the bulk of the fermenting. Pitching more yeast into what is now a pretty unfriendly environment (alcohol levels, lack of O2, minimal food supply and what's left is the more complex sugars that are harder for yeast to convert) will most likely not help anything.

But before 10 other people jump on you for this I'll go ahead and say that you need to take gravity readings to know if fermentation has taken place and to what extent. Without that there's no reason to "fix" anything because you don't know if anything is even wrong.

 

[beer4life]

I was primarily basing it off of the activity in the airlocks. The last batch I made was far more active. I will definitely take gravity readings before pulling it out but it hasn't even been a week yet. That'll be my next step. Thanks for the advice.


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