29thfloor
Well-Known Member
I'm wondering how dumb of an idea this is...
I have everything I need to brew today, except an empty primary. I just bottled something last night so I have a free 5 gal carboy. I have two 6.5 gal carboys that are both full and I don't think either one is done fermenting yet. One of them might be but even if I take a reading today I won't really know for sure.
So I was thinking I could rack the almost done beer to secondary and rack the yeast with it just to make sure it finishes out. Then I'd have a free primary.
Any reason to not do this? If it's ok to leave it in primary for a couple weeks I'm wondering why it would be a problem to just move it all to a different container. Risk of oxidation? Too much dead yeast back in suspension?
I have everything I need to brew today, except an empty primary. I just bottled something last night so I have a free 5 gal carboy. I have two 6.5 gal carboys that are both full and I don't think either one is done fermenting yet. One of them might be but even if I take a reading today I won't really know for sure.
So I was thinking I could rack the almost done beer to secondary and rack the yeast with it just to make sure it finishes out. Then I'd have a free primary.
Any reason to not do this? If it's ok to leave it in primary for a couple weeks I'm wondering why it would be a problem to just move it all to a different container. Risk of oxidation? Too much dead yeast back in suspension?