I am going to do a secondary fermentation and have a question. In order to transfer the beer to the carboy from the fermentation bucket, should I siphon the beer to the carboy or should I pour it into the carboy using a funnel?
Pour it. Make sure to slosh it around a lot too to get more oxygen into it to get the secondary fermentation going again.
Actually, Don't do that.... Siphon.
Pour it. Make sure to slosh it around a lot too to get more oxygen into it to get the secondary fermentation going again.
Actually, Don't do that.... Siphon.
Pour it. Make sure to slosh it around a lot too to get more oxygen into it to get the secondary fermentation going again.
Actually, Don't do that.... Siphon.
homebrewdad said:Dude, that's not cool. Nobody can read your white text unless they highlight it.
OP, the only time your pour beer is prior to pitching yeast. Yeast need ogygen in the reproductive phase; after that, they do not... you'll get staling of your beer.
kevinb said:please tell me you are just kidding.
since nobody has mentioned this.... You really don't need to go to the secondary for most beers. You can just leave it in the primary for an extra week unless you have some pressing reason for transferring to a secondary. It's just one less step to mess up and one less container to clean.
billl said:Since nobody has mentioned this.... you really don't need to go to the secondary for most beers. You can just leave it in the primary for an extra week unless you have some pressing reason for transferring to a secondary. It's just one less step to mess up and one less container to clean.
What beer styles require a secondary?
I always do a secondary to add gelatin finnings. Transferring to the secondary gets the gelatinous stirred in well without adding oxygen. It would be nice not to transfer though.
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