Fermenting in Secondary

WDMBrewer · 02-02-2007, 02:55 PM

I have brewed a New Castle clone and with a 1.046 OG and was in Primary Fermenter for 8 days and the transferred to secondary Fermenter and is on the 9th day in the Secondary. When I moved to Secondary the bubbling in the airlock was down to 2 per minute in the Primary; after moving to secondary I now have 4 to 5 per minute. Should I be alarmed? I havent taken another Gravity reading yet other than the OG. Any feed back would be appreciated. This was a partial grain and extract recipe.

DeadYetiBrew · 02-02-2007, 03:06 PM

There's nothing to w0rry about, if anything it's a good thing. You probably roused some yeast during racking... More fermentation = more alcohol =

... I did a Nut Brown Kit that was said to taste like Newcastle and i ended up racking it to secondary when it was only down to 1.020 (from 1.051) i didn't take a Hydo reading before i racked so the damage was done... You should be fine...

WDMBrewer · 02-02-2007, 03:19 PM

Their is a good deal of sediment at the bottom of the carboy.

Blender · 02-02-2007, 03:25 PM

You probably did rouse the yeast some and they are finishing up plus there is probably some CO2 that is coming out of solution after you moved it. I wouldn't worry as it sounds normal.