The starter kit I got included the standard 2 5.5 gal plastic pails, tubing, etc. I have my first batch of IPA bubbling away in my primary. I needed more bottles so I went over to a friends to get some bottles from him. He had been doing some homebrew a few years ago, so he suggested that I use his carboy for a secondary fermentation.
The brew was originally going to be bottle conditioned: siphoned into bottling bucket with added priming sugar, and conditioned for a week or so before going into the fridge.
Can I just carefully siphon into carboy instead? Leave for 2 weeks, siphon into bottling bucket (with priming sugar), bottle.
If I use the carboy, I'm assuming I still need to let the priming sugar and yeasties do their thing to carbonate the brew.. Right?
Thanks in advance.
The brew was originally going to be bottle conditioned: siphoned into bottling bucket with added priming sugar, and conditioned for a week or so before going into the fridge.
Can I just carefully siphon into carboy instead? Leave for 2 weeks, siphon into bottling bucket (with priming sugar), bottle.
If I use the carboy, I'm assuming I still need to let the priming sugar and yeasties do their thing to carbonate the brew.. Right?
Thanks in advance.