Forgot to Aerate

[jzamora3]

Brewed a hefeeweizen this morning. 1.055 OG. I used. 1L started with Wyeast 3638 and only pitched about 1/4 trying to under pitch and stress the yeast to ahcieve a higher banana profile. But I forgot to Aerate! With the low yeast popluation and no aeration, am I in trouble? I do have a pump and stone so it'd be real easy for me to add some 02. Or should I just RDWHAHB? I'm in about 8 hours since pitch and have zero activity at 68 degrees.

Thought? Thanks!

 

[Sammy86]

I'm generally in the camp of wait and see...how did you transfer your wort from the BK to fermentor?

If you dumped it manually then I would say you're ok...if you siphoned or used a pump then I might hit it with some O2.

 

[jzamora3]

I used the spigot on my BK to transfer to fermentor. Minor splashing, but I normally get activity, even extreme minor activity within 6 hours and I'm seeing absolutely nothing right now. That's the only part of my normal process I missed.

 

[triethylborane]

Its a hef, it will be just fine. You pitched ~1/4, so no worries that you aren't seeing signs of ferm. I typically don't see any before 12 hrs with my hefes.

 

[Seattle2k]

you'll most-likely be fine. I usually forget to aerate, without any problems.

 

[jzamora3]

Woke up this morning to a nice, thick Krausen and the fermentoe bubbling away!

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Jim311]

I rarely bother aerating anymore.

 

[65C]

you can always just shake the fermenter a bit - I do that sometimes if it's not started by the next morning

 

[kh54s10]

If it wasn't fermenting I would have said go ahead and aerate. But now since it is fermenting I say leave her be. It seems to be going well.