jrabenhorst
Member
So I have a question about fermenting in the primary. I don't really understand why you have to wait until all fermentation stops before racking to the secondary? I understand why you would want to wait before racking into bottles (exploding bottles), but if you rack into the secondary before fermentation has stopped then wouldn't fermentation just continue in the secondary? Sure you would lose the layer of yeast on the bottom of the carboy, but there should be sufficient yeast within the beer to continue fermentation until complete right? Any thoughts on this?