nutty_gnome
Well-Known Member
So... here's a question:
I hapen to have stumbled upon an 11 gallon conainer thats suitable as a primary fermentor. The trouble is, I'm set up to do 5gal AG batches. So, here's my question. If I were to brew up 5 gallons of wort on saturday and pitch into this 11 gallon fermentor, could I then brew up 5 more gallons of the same on Sunday and just add the wort to the fermentor? Now, obviosuly there are no beer police watching my every move so, physically I coudl do this. But what would the potential issues be with this method?
The yeast would have had perhaps 24 hours to get going and I think they would still be consuming oxygen to reproduce, but maybe I 'm wrong. Anyone ever think about this or do it?
I hapen to have stumbled upon an 11 gallon conainer thats suitable as a primary fermentor. The trouble is, I'm set up to do 5gal AG batches. So, here's my question. If I were to brew up 5 gallons of wort on saturday and pitch into this 11 gallon fermentor, could I then brew up 5 more gallons of the same on Sunday and just add the wort to the fermentor? Now, obviosuly there are no beer police watching my every move so, physically I coudl do this. But what would the potential issues be with this method?
The yeast would have had perhaps 24 hours to get going and I think they would still be consuming oxygen to reproduce, but maybe I 'm wrong. Anyone ever think about this or do it?