charlesnj
Member
Ok so my beer has been in the primary for a week now and I plan on transferring to secondary. Now I know that it's generally advised against and I realize it's not necessary since I'm not adding any fruit. Mainly I'm doing it for two reasons:
1. I want to start making the irish stout asap and leave that cooking in the primary for at least a month.
2. I want the experience of doing it now so I'm not worried about it when I'm making a more experience brew. This is my first batch so I'm not worried so much about messing it up. I'd hate to mess up somewhere down the line.
Ok so I plan on making a trip probably the 24-30th of this month...Now I want to have the stout settled in the primary without risk of blowoff and the ale safe in secondary....I've seen people say it's safe in the primary for a month or more and to transfer to secondary for 2 weeks.
So I have a couple of options of what to do and I'm not sure which I should do. Basically I'm going to take a second SG (first was 1.020, kit says 1.016-1.019) tomorrow to make sure it didn't change and if it hasn't I'll transfer to the 5 gallon carboy...Then I'll cook the stout and throw that in there and let it sit 4 weeks in primary before bottling Feb 17....Definitely want that ready to go by St. Patty's...Ok, for my beer in primary should I:
Leave in secondary until the 24th of this month, bottle before I leave....
or Leave in secondary until I get back and then bottle.....
The plus of the first option is I can bring a six pack to my parents during my trip...So I'd like to do that if it's safe...
Sorry for the long post to ask a simple question...
1. I want to start making the irish stout asap and leave that cooking in the primary for at least a month.
2. I want the experience of doing it now so I'm not worried about it when I'm making a more experience brew. This is my first batch so I'm not worried so much about messing it up. I'd hate to mess up somewhere down the line.
Ok so I plan on making a trip probably the 24-30th of this month...Now I want to have the stout settled in the primary without risk of blowoff and the ale safe in secondary....I've seen people say it's safe in the primary for a month or more and to transfer to secondary for 2 weeks.
So I have a couple of options of what to do and I'm not sure which I should do. Basically I'm going to take a second SG (first was 1.020, kit says 1.016-1.019) tomorrow to make sure it didn't change and if it hasn't I'll transfer to the 5 gallon carboy...Then I'll cook the stout and throw that in there and let it sit 4 weeks in primary before bottling Feb 17....Definitely want that ready to go by St. Patty's...Ok, for my beer in primary should I:
Leave in secondary until the 24th of this month, bottle before I leave....
or Leave in secondary until I get back and then bottle.....
The plus of the first option is I can bring a six pack to my parents during my trip...So I'd like to do that if it's safe...
Sorry for the long post to ask a simple question...