Purge Secondary Before Racking?

Cpt_Kirks · Oct 25, 2008

My red ale has been in the primary for 13 days and I am going to move it to secondary this weekend (need the primary for my cherry wheat).

Should I purge the better bottle with CO2 before racking from the pail?

Since I am a few weeks from kegging, I have not filled my CO2 bottle. However, the paint ball place that fills them is 5 minutes away, so that is not an issue.

bad coffee · Oct 25, 2008

nah. The beer still has some co2 in it. once you rack it over, it will produce a nice protective layer over the beer.

B

steelerguy · Oct 25, 2008

I have noticed this also, when you move the beer from the primary to secondary a lot of CO2 comes out of solution. If you are close to filling the secondary up, the "air" space will easily be filled with C02 pretty quickly.

Professor Frink · Oct 25, 2008

Agreed, with the degassing you get after racking it, you have nothing to worry about.

Cpt_Kirks · Oct 25, 2008

Cool.

Thanks.

Purge Secondary Before Racking?

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

Cpt_Kirks

Well-Known Member

bad coffee

Supporting Member

steelerguy

Well-Known Member

Professor Frink

Well-Known Member

Cpt_Kirks

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Purge Secondary Before Racking?

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

Cpt_Kirks

Well-Known Member

bad coffee

Supporting Member

steelerguy

Well-Known Member

Professor Frink

Well-Known Member

Cpt_Kirks

Well-Known Member

Similar threads

Latest posts

Join the conversation!

Join today and get all the highlights of this community direct to your inbox. It's FREE!