Seveneer
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I've done a silly thing and wonder if anyone else has done this.
I leave my beers in primary until the krausen falls into the brew, then I rack off to secondary. Never had a problem with this before until today (racked yesterday).
Just went to see if there was much air-lock activity and there was nothing at all. Screwed down the plastic cap with the air-lock attached (I use a 6 UK gallon plastic bin with a 4 inch cap drilled to take a bung and air-lock for secondary). Still nothing. Suspected a stuck ferment so added some yeast. Screwed the cap back on and....Bingo.... air-lock bubbles every 5 seconds.
So, instead of a stuck fermentation, it looks like I forgot to lube the o-ring on the cap!!!
Anyone else done this? Will I have to rack off into a tertiary when this has finished or just leave it be for two or three weeks? I'll probably leave it but I'd value your comments.
And, before anyone points it out, I know most people wait for primary to finish completely before going to secondary. I prefer to get it into secondary quickly as I use an open primary.
Thanks
/Phil.
I've done a silly thing and wonder if anyone else has done this.
I leave my beers in primary until the krausen falls into the brew, then I rack off to secondary. Never had a problem with this before until today (racked yesterday).
Just went to see if there was much air-lock activity and there was nothing at all. Screwed down the plastic cap with the air-lock attached (I use a 6 UK gallon plastic bin with a 4 inch cap drilled to take a bung and air-lock for secondary). Still nothing. Suspected a stuck ferment so added some yeast. Screwed the cap back on and....Bingo.... air-lock bubbles every 5 seconds.
So, instead of a stuck fermentation, it looks like I forgot to lube the o-ring on the cap!!!
Anyone else done this? Will I have to rack off into a tertiary when this has finished or just leave it be for two or three weeks? I'll probably leave it but I'd value your comments.
And, before anyone points it out, I know most people wait for primary to finish completely before going to secondary. I prefer to get it into secondary quickly as I use an open primary.
Thanks
/Phil.