yewtah-brewha

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Should I rack the wort from my secondary on top of my priming sugar solution or should I simply pour it into the wort and give it a stir?

TheZymurgist

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Either works fine. I've done both, but I always give it a good stir. Many will say there's a risk of oxygenating the beer by stirring, but I haven't run into a problem, at least not yet.

Bernie3761

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I rack on top. I guess I just feel it just gets incorporated better IMO.

dadshomebrewing

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i rack on top... never thought about just pouring it into the carboy before bottling and saving a step

seems like it might be a good idea

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HollisBT

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I rack on top and let the swirling wort do the mixing.


I try not to let anything touch the beer/wort that doesn't absolutely need to touch it.

TheZymurgist

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BAD IDEA. You'll need to stir to make sure it's evenly distributed, which will stir up any trub resting on the bottom. OP meant pour into bottling bucket, not carboy, I assume.


It's really not a big deal. If you're sanitation practices are sound, you won't have a problem. Just dip the stirrer into some starsan, and you're good. I haven't had an infection yet (although pretty much everyone will have one at some point in their brewing history).

zman

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What I have always done is start the siphon then pour some of the priming solution at each gallon mark. Never had an issue with carbonation doing it this way. YMMV.

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HollisBT

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While I don't necessarily disagree with you, everything in brewing is very much a YMMV kind of thing. And my personal sanitation practices include not touching the beer or wort with anything that doesn't absolutely need to touch it

pellis007

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I rack on top and then when finished give it a gentle stir with my sanitized long handle metal spoon. It's always worked well for me and every batch has been evenly carbonated.

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grem135

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I rack on top and stir. Once i reached in with my clean but unsanitized arm to tighten the valve. Had no proplems. At bottling your beer is loaded with alcohol and is very resilient.

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