ChshreCat
Well-Known Member
Here's why you should primary longer than your kit's directions or the guy at the LHBS say.
This was what was left behind when I racked off my double chocolate oatmeal stout. Even with 9oz of cocoa powder, that's about a half inch at the bottom. I was able to get almost every little bit of beer off the top of it, leaving maybe 2 ounces behind.
How?
Almost a month in primary and using a flocculent yeast; in this case S-04.
Airlock stop bubbling already? Leave it alone!
Hydrometer says you're at your FG? Leave it alone!
Just leave it alone!
Not only will the yeast clean up after themselves and get rid of some of the possible off flavors, but you get a nice, compact yeast cake that you can suck the beer right off of. Don't waste a 6-pack in the primary because it's sitting with a cloud of yeast at the bottom!
This public service announcement was brought to you by a grant from The Leave It Alone Foundation and this station.
This was what was left behind when I racked off my double chocolate oatmeal stout. Even with 9oz of cocoa powder, that's about a half inch at the bottom. I was able to get almost every little bit of beer off the top of it, leaving maybe 2 ounces behind.
How?
Almost a month in primary and using a flocculent yeast; in this case S-04.
Airlock stop bubbling already? Leave it alone!
Hydrometer says you're at your FG? Leave it alone!
Just leave it alone!
Not only will the yeast clean up after themselves and get rid of some of the possible off flavors, but you get a nice, compact yeast cake that you can suck the beer right off of. Don't waste a 6-pack in the primary because it's sitting with a cloud of yeast at the bottom!
This public service announcement was brought to you by a grant from The Leave It Alone Foundation and this station.