I moved a Kolsch to secondary after 4 days. Should I repitch yeast?

Question

This is my first batch ever, a Kolsch from a kit. It fermented like crazy the first 2 days, but after 4 had stopped bubbling, so I moved it to a secondary container. As I was transferring, I noticed a thick layer of lumpy light-tan sediment at the bottom of the primary, which I did not transfer. Is this where most of the yeast was? I'm now worried that there might not be enough yeast in the secondary to complete a proper amount of fermentation.

Also complicating matters is that a friend advised that I didn't need to take the OG reading.

So should I add more yeast into this secondary container?

Answer 1

There should be more than enough yeast still in suspension to continue the job. 4 days is actually a little short for transferring to a secondary and you're going to end up with more sediment, or trub, in your carboy. Assuming there are no extreme changes in temperature, you don't need to worry about the yeast until several weeks into fermenting. Give the Kolsch a couple weeks in the carboy and it should be clear enough for looks, but still have enough yeast in suspension for bottling.