This is more of a curious question.....
I am getting ready to bottle my first homebrew. I used an ipa kit from brewers best. I brewed the batch last Sunday 9/13, the next morning on Monday the fermentation was going crazy, last night it slowed down and this morning it seems to have have stopped.
The recipe noted that fermentation should be visible for about 4 - 6 days so its seems i am in the right time window to bottle this weekend. However, i was wondering... I also have a secondary fermentation tank that i could go into? Would there be any benefit? Is so, what would it be and how long should i keep in the secondary?
My main question is... Since fermentation stopped, is there anyway to bring it back to life and achieve a higher alcohol content. I hear you could add more fermentables to the wort to achieve this, but can you just add sugar to a fermentation tank or did i already miss my chance to do this?
Can i re-pitch with yeast and go to a secondary?
Or is it time to bottle my first homebrew and gear up for my next?
Pete
I am getting ready to bottle my first homebrew. I used an ipa kit from brewers best. I brewed the batch last Sunday 9/13, the next morning on Monday the fermentation was going crazy, last night it slowed down and this morning it seems to have have stopped.
The recipe noted that fermentation should be visible for about 4 - 6 days so its seems i am in the right time window to bottle this weekend. However, i was wondering... I also have a secondary fermentation tank that i could go into? Would there be any benefit? Is so, what would it be and how long should i keep in the secondary?
My main question is... Since fermentation stopped, is there anyway to bring it back to life and achieve a higher alcohol content. I hear you could add more fermentables to the wort to achieve this, but can you just add sugar to a fermentation tank or did i already miss my chance to do this?
Can i re-pitch with yeast and go to a secondary?
Or is it time to bottle my first homebrew and gear up for my next?
Pete