I meant i hit FG at day 5 not OG lolAnd yes I added after primary fermentation completed. I the beer was in primary for 13 days. I hit OG at day 5 I left it in there for another week to let the yeast clean up a bit.
weirdboy said:You are going to have crazy krausen and you need to watch out even with a blow-off tube on there, as it can get clogged pretty easily with strawberry goop. I have had two strawberry explosions in the past before I finally switched to using buckets for fruit additions.
EPS said:Update I decided to add the big blow off hose instead ad the small one that attaches to the 3 piece airlock.
Umm...are you sure your primary fermentation was over? I brewed a blueberry kolsch that sat on 9 lbs of frozen blueberries for a week in a cool freezer (60 F) and didn't have any visible activity. I'd be concerned that your beer is going to finish very dry...
Umm...are you sure your primary fermentation was over? I brewed a blueberry kolsch that sat on 9 lbs of frozen blueberries for a week in a cool freezer (60 F) and didn't have any visible activity. I'd be concerned that your beer is going to finish very dry...
My beer always referments when racking onto strawberries. It will definitely finish drier than it finished primary, but that's mostly due to the increased apparent attenuation from the additional sugars in the fruit. Mine usually drops another 2-3 points.
I'm telling you from experience, it's way easier to secondary the strawberries in an ale pail, especially when you put all the strawberries in a mesh bag and tie it up good and tight. Makes the whole process go a lot smoother. And, the main reason that you'd want to secondary in a carboy is due to potential oxygenation, which isn't an issue since it will referment and blow off a bunch of CO2 into the headspace anyway. No reason NOT to use a bucket unless you like extra work.
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