Just racked my first batch into the 5 gallon carboy today. Here are some observations I made and some assumptions. What do you all think?
1). From the primary, the beer (a red ale) had the look of a cappuccino. I assume this is that hazy, cloudy look everyone talks about and the secondary fermenter will take care of?
2). It smelled like beer, but the taste was a bit mild/weak. I assume the bottling/carbonation will fix this?
3). There is about 4 inches from the neck (about 1/2-3/4 gallon worth) of headspace in the carboy. I assume this won't be too much headspace b/c I had 5 gallons in the primary bucket (of course, not all was racked due to the trub layer).
Thanks in advance.
1). From the primary, the beer (a red ale) had the look of a cappuccino. I assume this is that hazy, cloudy look everyone talks about and the secondary fermenter will take care of?
2). It smelled like beer, but the taste was a bit mild/weak. I assume the bottling/carbonation will fix this?
3). There is about 4 inches from the neck (about 1/2-3/4 gallon worth) of headspace in the carboy. I assume this won't be too much headspace b/c I had 5 gallons in the primary bucket (of course, not all was racked due to the trub layer).
Thanks in advance.