I recently got a conical fermenter and have used it for four or five batches. Typically I ferment a beer for four or five days at the target temp say for example 68F. Then when fermentation is finished I up the temp to 70 to allow the yeast to clean up. At this point I have been dumping the...
I have had some off flavors on my last couple of brews so I am re-examining my sanitation. On brew day I mix up 5 gal of star san and use it throughout the day. At the end of the day it goes into my secondary carboy where it sits until I rack to secondary. Its generally a week to 10 days...