badgerbrew
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I just brewed my first batch. It's a 6-week beer so It's supposed to spend 2 weeks in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, and 2 weeks in the bottle, I assume.
I racked it to the secondary, which is a 6-gallon pail. I read in a book that I should have used a 5-gallon glass carboy because the 6-gallon pail introduces new oxygen in all that headspace. Is this a real problem? If so, that leads me to another question. When I'm taking all those hydrometer readings to make sure it's done fermenting, I have to take the lid off every time. Doesn't this introduce oxygen too?
Is my first batch going to be o.k.? I guess I'll know for sure in two weeks when I taste it, but my impatience requires that I ask!
Thanks in advance for your help.
I racked it to the secondary, which is a 6-gallon pail. I read in a book that I should have used a 5-gallon glass carboy because the 6-gallon pail introduces new oxygen in all that headspace. Is this a real problem? If so, that leads me to another question. When I'm taking all those hydrometer readings to make sure it's done fermenting, I have to take the lid off every time. Doesn't this introduce oxygen too?
Is my first batch going to be o.k.? I guess I'll know for sure in two weeks when I taste it, but my impatience requires that I ask!
Thanks in advance for your help.