LouisianaVince
Well-Known Member
Hey Folks,
For my first 2 brews, I used a brew bucket for primary and then racked to a bottling bucket where I primed and bottled.
With this batch (Irish Red Ale from an extract kit), I used a carboy for primary (what fun to watch!), and I plan to rack to the old fermenting bucket for secondary. The question is...what's the process?
This beer does not require any dry hopping. Do I just siphon it into be the bucket, leaving the trub in the carboy, and close the bucket with an air lock on top (after sanitizing everything, of course)? Or do I need to add anything? I read somewhere about additing 75g of sugar when racking to secondary (not for carbonation, but to re-activate the yeast). Is this what most people do? If so, I need to get some appropriate sugar before I do this.
Thanks!
For my first 2 brews, I used a brew bucket for primary and then racked to a bottling bucket where I primed and bottled.
With this batch (Irish Red Ale from an extract kit), I used a carboy for primary (what fun to watch!), and I plan to rack to the old fermenting bucket for secondary. The question is...what's the process?
This beer does not require any dry hopping. Do I just siphon it into be the bucket, leaving the trub in the carboy, and close the bucket with an air lock on top (after sanitizing everything, of course)? Or do I need to add anything? I read somewhere about additing 75g of sugar when racking to secondary (not for carbonation, but to re-activate the yeast). Is this what most people do? If so, I need to get some appropriate sugar before I do this.
Thanks!