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[Stains_not_here_man]

Well then..perhaps I'll start using my carboy to make simultaneous 4-gallon batches

[positiveContact]

Well then..perhaps I'll start using my carboy to make simultaneous 4-gallon batches

 

it was a kind of harsh way of putting it but oxidation does have a slight "smoothing out" effect especially on higher gravity stuff.  good or bad is your perception and opinion.  drink what you like I say!

Edited by Evil_Morty, 09 January 2017 - 01:08 PM.

[Stains_not_here_man]

Well I have been out of the game for ten years but what I remember is you wanted you get the beer off the trub, and let it finish fermenting the heavier sugars for a bit.

[Bklmt2000]

stain, my 2 cents:

 

- make a batch that fills a 5-gal Corny keg; IMHO, a 5-gal batch is no more work than 4,

 

- if you ferment in plastic Ale Pails: get more buckets and lids; I have 4 of each

Edited by Bklmt2000, 09 January 2017 - 01:15 PM.

[positiveContact]

Well I have been out of the game for ten years but what I remember is you wanted you get the beer off the trub, and let it finish fermenting the heavier sugars for a bit.

 

why?

[Bklmt2000]

Well I have been out of the game for ten years but what I remember is you wanted you get the beer off the trub, and let it finish fermenting the heavier sugars for a bit.

 

True, to a point; you're better off letting the beer sit a few days (even a week) longer on the main yeast cake, to complete primary fermentation.

 

Racking to a secondary means you're reducing the number of available yeast cells to eat those heavier sugars.

[Stains_not_here_man]

why?

 

The reason I always heard was that letting your beer sit on top of the trub for too long would contribute off-flavors.

stain, my 2 cents:

 

- make a batch that fills a 5-gal Corny keg; IMHO, a 5-gal batch is no more work than 4,

 

 

I was mostly worried about headspace.  I have a 7-gallon fermenter bucket, and a 5-gallon carboy.  But probably couldn't do a full 5-gallon batch in the carboy.  If I do a 4-gallon batch I can have two batches going at once

Edited by the_stain, 09 January 2017 - 01:51 PM.

[HVB]

The reason I always heard was that letting your beer sit on top of the trub for too long would contribute off-flavors.

 

I was mostly worried about headspace.  I have a 7-gallon fermenter bucket, and a 5-gallon carboy.  But probably couldn't do a full 5-gallon batch in the carboy.  If I do a 4-gallon batch I can have two batches going at once

 

Sitting on dead yeast for months maybe but not a few weeks.

[Stains_not_here_man]

So, even though it's only been in secondary since Friday, I can go ahead and keg it today, right?

[shaggaroo]

So, even though it's only been in secondary since Friday, I can go ahead and keg it today, right?

of course you can, it's your beer! and like most others, I've given up on secondary, just leave in primary a bit longer, keg it, chill it, then hit it with gelatin

[Stains_not_here_man]

Alright.  Going to fill the CO2 tank today after work and then chill/transfer the beer.  Picked up ingredients for my next brew at lunch -- Imperial Blonde Ale.

[positiveContact]

Alright.  Going to fill the CO2 tank today after work and then chill/transfer the beer.  Picked up ingredients for my next brew at lunch -- Imperial Blonde Ale.

 

[shaggaroo]

[Big Nake]

Imperial Blonde Ale.

Please post the recipe so we can drool see it.

[djinkc]

So, even though it's only been in secondary since Friday, I can go ahead and keg it today, right?

 

That's the nice thing about kegging.  It's nice to wait until it's finished but you don't have to.  Mine are usually ready 7 - 12 days after kegging and stored at serving temp and pressure.

[Stains_not_here_man]

Damn chest freezer isn't cooling

[Poptop]

Damn chest freezer isn't cooling

Easy fix. You deserve a new one

[Stains_not_here_man]

sure, but after all the money I spent on the co2 tank, regulator, etc etc it'll have to wait

[Stains_not_here_man]

new freezer is in place, hooked up the temperature controller and it's cooling down.... So thirsty for homebrew

[HVB]

new freezer is in place, hooked up the temperature controller and it's cooling down.... So thirsty for homebrew

Get you sum!