Cani stir my bin after adding the yeast?

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Hi All,

Relative newbie here.

I have just put a Coopers brew on which gave a low OG reading of 1.032. I have made the same brew twice before and got 1.038 both times. Looking back (and from reading previous posts on here), I don't think I stirred it enough before taking the reading and adding the yeast. Maybe the sample i took of the top was a bit thin.

I am not so concerned about the reading distorting the true alcohol content, I am concerned that me not stirring it enough may affect the brew itself. Will it affect the brew? Can I stir it on day 2 of the ferment? Is it too late? Shall I just leave it and forget about it?

Advice greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
 
Just leave it, stirring it now could oxidise the brew, how do you do a usual brew? the way I do it is I put the can/pouch of malt in very hot water for around 10 mins to warm the malt, I then add the malt (from the can) into the FV, I then fill the can up with boiling water and give it a good stir and add the contents into the FV. I then give the malt and boiling water a good stir until i feel no resistance on the paddle/spoon and then add more boiling water and stir again. I then fill with cold water and give it another good thrashing to promote oxygen for the yeast.
 
Hi Banbeer,

I use the same method as this, however I don't think I stirred again after topping up to 23l with cold water :( . Do you think this will effect the brew?
 
No, it will be fine. It's when the boiling water goes in that it dissolves best anyway, when I was doing kits all the time (I do AG and kits now) I never used to take a gravity reading until the end of fermentation and never had a problem, ok I didn't know how strong it was but didn't care really as long as I enjoyed it, what I'm saying is don't worry too much or overthink it just let the yeasties do their job and enjoy the hobby and the results.
 
Banbeer said:
No, it will be fine. It's when the boiling water goes in that it dissolves best anyway, when I was doing kits all the time (I do AG and kits now) I never used to take a gravity reading until the end of fermentation and never had a problem, ok I didn't know how strong it was but didn't care really as long as I enjoyed it, what I'm saying is don't worry too much or overthink it just let the yeasties do their job and enjoy the hobby and the results.
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Great, thanks! I'm not worried about the measurement being incorrect, more worried about the brew not going well because I didn't stir it properly. Never mind, will keep my fingers crossed. Hopefully it hasn't affected it.
 
Stir if you want or not it will make no difference. As for comments about oxidation ignore these you want the wort oxidised at this stage. I tend to stir prior to pitching to get as much oxygen into the wort as possible. When fermentation is complete is when you need to prevent oxygen ingress.
 
If you use dry yeast, it floats on top, the border between air and wort. Those yeasties have good access to oxygen, Id say. Possibly one of the reasons why they're active much faster in my brews.
 
Depends on the yeast, dry yeast nowadays doesn't need oxygen, they go straight into anaerobic fermentation. Day 2 is to late to introduce oxygen, I believe 16 hours after pitching is the max, if it is a liquid yeast.
 

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