james138
Well-Known Member
After reading this forum for a couple weeks I've come to realize that you don't necessarily need to use a secondary and I wasn't planing on doing it for 2nd batch. However, I've realized that I would like to brew another batch of beer right now, which obviously means I need to free up my primary.
My first ever batch is still sitting in the secondary and long story short I think I may have ruined that one because I added about 6-7 pints of tap water to the carboy to bring the beer closer to neck of the beer.
Does anybody have any simple tips or tricks to doing a secondary properly? I hate the idea of adding water to my beer as a higher ABV is important to me.
I've heard you can float co2 in there but I'm a rookie and that sounds confusing and I don't want to by anymore equipment.
So any advice as to use a secondary while preventing oxidation and adding copious amounts of water? Thanks!
My first ever batch is still sitting in the secondary and long story short I think I may have ruined that one because I added about 6-7 pints of tap water to the carboy to bring the beer closer to neck of the beer.
Does anybody have any simple tips or tricks to doing a secondary properly? I hate the idea of adding water to my beer as a higher ABV is important to me.
I've heard you can float co2 in there but I'm a rookie and that sounds confusing and I don't want to by anymore equipment.
So any advice as to use a secondary while preventing oxidation and adding copious amounts of water? Thanks!