Wyeast 1084 Stalled Or Slow Ferm?

[schooey]

I reckon I've used this yeast nearly a dozen times now and I've found with a healthy starter and a well oxygenated wort, it almost climbs out of the fermenter. I usually run it at around 19C and up to 21 at the end of day two, 23 on day 3. I haven't had a drama with it not attenuating, but as mentioned above, it will drop like a stone very quickly.

Guess this doesn't help you this time round, Jig, but yanno...

 

[egolds77]

I decided not to go down the air compressor direction for aeration for reasons mentioned on past posts and after talking to Ross from CraftBrewer he easily talkedme into buying the can of oxygen, regulator and aeration stone setup they sell for about $70-80. A can lasts around 30 batches and cost $15, so at $0.50 a brew I thought a pretty good investment.

I'm having similar trouble with a big Belgium beer which has been very slowly fermenting for 5 weeks. I've just started giving it small bursts of oxygen as I think that was the problem, I didn't aerate enough and added the sugar too early (during the boil), should have introduced it later during fermentation. The bursts of oxygn seem to give it a kick along for a bit. It will be interesting to note if there are any signs of developed off flavours due to oxydisation in the beer from the introduction of oxygen I'm giving it. Hopefully I can give it just enough for the yeast to use o finish out.

 

[rude]

Haysie what size starter do you use when you repitch

cheers

 

[lock]

the hydro sample tastes great, very close to the real deal, but im not going to be keen to bottle at 1020. Might give it a few more days.
As you said Mants, it went off its brain for 3 days, then millpond.

I have a Amber ale doing the same thing actually, it was 1050, sitting at 1016 now, used us-05 with it, and i think its finished but will give it few more days as well.

I made a partial brown porter last year with this yeast and the same thing happened. I tried swirling to get the yeast to kick off again but it never didn. I ended up bottling at 1020 without any problems. Sorry but I can't remember the OG.