Am I being too anal with my racking procedure? Here's the story:
I brew 10 gal batches and ferment in two 6.5 gal primarys, then I rack to two 5 gal secondaries (most of the time), then, finally, rack into two kegs. For some reason, sometimes I have different fermentation results in the two primary carboys (although conditions are the same) one might start or finish a day ahead of the other for example. Or one might be a point higher on FG than the other.
So, I've been racking half of each carboy into each secondary, instead of just going straight from primary to secondary. For example, I'll rack half of primary A into secondary A, then I rack half of primary B into secondary A, and the other half of primary A and B into secondary B. I do the same thing when I rack into kegs.
My thinking is that by mixing the seperate fermenters I end up with a more uniform beer in to two kegs.
Al I way too anal about this? What do you other 10 gal batch guys do? (don't tell me to buy a conical, smart ass.)
I brew 10 gal batches and ferment in two 6.5 gal primarys, then I rack to two 5 gal secondaries (most of the time), then, finally, rack into two kegs. For some reason, sometimes I have different fermentation results in the two primary carboys (although conditions are the same) one might start or finish a day ahead of the other for example. Or one might be a point higher on FG than the other.
So, I've been racking half of each carboy into each secondary, instead of just going straight from primary to secondary. For example, I'll rack half of primary A into secondary A, then I rack half of primary B into secondary A, and the other half of primary A and B into secondary B. I do the same thing when I rack into kegs.
My thinking is that by mixing the seperate fermenters I end up with a more uniform beer in to two kegs.
Al I way too anal about this? What do you other 10 gal batch guys do? (don't tell me to buy a conical, smart ass.)