throwbookatface
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
I brewed another coffee stout and want to experiment with adding real coffee (cold-brewed) and bourbon to part of the batch. I have 5 gallons in a 6 gallon bucket right now. I have two questions:
1) I want to add bourbon to only 1 gallon. Would it be ok to rack 1 gallon to a jug for that, then either
A) leave the other 4 gallons in the primary bucket and add coffee to that, or
B) move the 4 gallons to a 5gal carboy to lessen headspace a little more, then add coffee there?
Since oxygen will invade the headspace either way, is either separation of 1 gallon viable or recommended? I don't have a means of producing CO2 with which to purge the O2 out.
2) If I can somehow get away with it, is it ok to dump coffee into my primary, or should I strictly be doing this in a secondary vessel? Even if I shouldn't be separating my batch into portions, it'd be helpful to know for the future.
I brewed another coffee stout and want to experiment with adding real coffee (cold-brewed) and bourbon to part of the batch. I have 5 gallons in a 6 gallon bucket right now. I have two questions:
1) I want to add bourbon to only 1 gallon. Would it be ok to rack 1 gallon to a jug for that, then either
A) leave the other 4 gallons in the primary bucket and add coffee to that, or
B) move the 4 gallons to a 5gal carboy to lessen headspace a little more, then add coffee there?
Since oxygen will invade the headspace either way, is either separation of 1 gallon viable or recommended? I don't have a means of producing CO2 with which to purge the O2 out.
2) If I can somehow get away with it, is it ok to dump coffee into my primary, or should I strictly be doing this in a secondary vessel? Even if I shouldn't be separating my batch into portions, it'd be helpful to know for the future.