BNVince
Well-Known Member
I just racked a big stout I did after 7 days in the primary. It had an O.G. of 1.082 and after 2 hellish days of cleaning out the airlock it had dropped to 1.020.
I was reading some other threads here and saw that some people bulk conditioned their stouts anywhere from 1-3 months. The issue for them was that they had to add more yeast when bottling since most of the yeast became inactive during the bulk conditioning.
Since I don't want to add more yeast, I was planning on bulk conditioning for 2-4 weeks and then bottling with priming sugar as usual. So basically my question is, are there any advantages to bulk conditioning over bottle conditioning?
I was reading some other threads here and saw that some people bulk conditioned their stouts anywhere from 1-3 months. The issue for them was that they had to add more yeast when bottling since most of the yeast became inactive during the bulk conditioning.
Since I don't want to add more yeast, I was planning on bulk conditioning for 2-4 weeks and then bottling with priming sugar as usual. So basically my question is, are there any advantages to bulk conditioning over bottle conditioning?