GonzoIllini
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I am a new homebrewer who just bottled my first batch this morning (Brewers Best American Micro Pale Ale). I bottled after 7 days and checking my hydrometer reading on 3 consecutive days and seeing no change. (OG 1.046 / F.G. 1.008). After extended browsing of this forum as well as Palmers online book and Papazians book i have a question that has been nagging at me.
The consensus on this site seems to be to leave your beer in your primary fermentation device even after primary fermentation is over. I understand the reasons behind this, but my question is can I also do this using a plastic bucket as my primary?
Papazian seems to label this as an "open" fermentation saying that the maximum amount of time in plastic buckets should be 10 days. However, i see that many of you are saying that for most beers we should skip the secondary fermenter (5 gallon glass carboy in my case) and simply let the beer sit in our primary fermenters for an extended period of time to allow it to clear.
So my question is... is it ok to let my beer do an extended fermentation in a plastic bucket? This is an "Ale Pail" primary with lid and an airlock. Thanks for your help!
Cheers!
The consensus on this site seems to be to leave your beer in your primary fermentation device even after primary fermentation is over. I understand the reasons behind this, but my question is can I also do this using a plastic bucket as my primary?
Papazian seems to label this as an "open" fermentation saying that the maximum amount of time in plastic buckets should be 10 days. However, i see that many of you are saying that for most beers we should skip the secondary fermenter (5 gallon glass carboy in my case) and simply let the beer sit in our primary fermenters for an extended period of time to allow it to clear.
So my question is... is it ok to let my beer do an extended fermentation in a plastic bucket? This is an "Ale Pail" primary with lid and an airlock. Thanks for your help!
Cheers!