darth5aint
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Today I brewed my first high gravity beer. An imperial stout at 1.086. I pitched half the yeast cake from a previous Irish Red ale using Irish ale yeast. I aerated by pouring vigouresly between pot and bucket about 8 times. This was at noon. I read that sometimes you need to aerate again at 12 hours into fermentation. Its now 9 hours since pitching and I have activity from my blowoff tube. Should I pour back and forth between another bucket, shake the fermenter, or since i pitched a good size slurry and have activity just let it ride. I dont want to find out in a week that I have a stuck fermentation. Thank you in advance