I_Brew_Drunk
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I'm a relatively new home brewer (4 batches total) and I've got a couple ideas for experiments I want to try out. Let me know if these sound like good ideas or if you have any ideas of your own.
First:
I want to get 3 - 1 gallon glass jugs (empty Carlo Rossi bottles probably) and split a batch (pale ale or IPA) into 3 before I start brewing. The first gallon batch will have all the hop addition in the beginning. The second would be the recommended times for hop addition and the third gallon would be all hops added in the last 15/flameout.
Should I just do a longer primary (2-3 weeks?) fermentation for all of these so I don't risk contamination/ have too much head space in secondary (I'd be transferring to another 1gallon jug).
Second:
There seems to be some controversy over using secondary fermentation for some beer styles (I've used secondary for my last three batches (Pale, IPA & Porter)) but I'd like to test this out personally by splitting a 5 gallon batch in 2 after flameout and racking one half to secondary after a week while leaving the other in primary until bottle conditioning.
What style would you recommend for this experiment and how should I go about the half that I rack to secondary (I have 5 gallon carboys & want to avoid too much head space).
I'm really excited to try these out and any other ideas you guys have too!
cheers
First:
I want to get 3 - 1 gallon glass jugs (empty Carlo Rossi bottles probably) and split a batch (pale ale or IPA) into 3 before I start brewing. The first gallon batch will have all the hop addition in the beginning. The second would be the recommended times for hop addition and the third gallon would be all hops added in the last 15/flameout.
Should I just do a longer primary (2-3 weeks?) fermentation for all of these so I don't risk contamination/ have too much head space in secondary (I'd be transferring to another 1gallon jug).
Second:
There seems to be some controversy over using secondary fermentation for some beer styles (I've used secondary for my last three batches (Pale, IPA & Porter)) but I'd like to test this out personally by splitting a 5 gallon batch in 2 after flameout and racking one half to secondary after a week while leaving the other in primary until bottle conditioning.
What style would you recommend for this experiment and how should I go about the half that I rack to secondary (I have 5 gallon carboys & want to avoid too much head space).
I'm really excited to try these out and any other ideas you guys have too!
cheers