At the risk of sounding blasphamous, TCJOHB is over 20 years old...I'm not sure even Charlie follows that advice anymore. IMHO, it probably doesn't hurt, but it probably doesn't help either.Onedon said:I sterilized my the stainless spatula I used in iodine, and did this because I had read in THE COMPLETE JOY OF HOME BREWING that it helps, and I was rong saying it had been 2.5 days. It's been 3.5.
Every thing I had read said to rack after 2 days. I think that I agree that it may not have been best, but wont it be just as good if I rack again when its ready? Maybe a few more days? Also, after I do rack it again will I still need to ferment for another two weeks after that before I bottle? ThanksBOSTONBREWIN' said:Onedon,
Just curious, maybe I'm missing something, but why did you rack to secondary after only 3 days? Jeff
Onedon said:wont it be just as good if I rack again when its ready? Maybe a few more days? Also, after I do rack it again will I still need to ferment for another two weeks after that before I bottle? Thanks
Walker said:When you rack the beer too soon, I've heard that this can basically cause your fermentation to slow down to a crawl, because so much yeast was left behind in the primary.
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