UnaBonger
Well-Known Member
Soo, Kinda a multi-part question here..
1) I have a brew thats been in my primary for 2 weeks... I'm traveling next week for 10 days... So, my question is, do I bottle now or leave in my bucket for another potential 2 weeks? My plan all along was to leave in the bucket for 3 weeks, that's now shot... I'm really just wondering if 4 weeks is too long in the primary?
2) If I were to bottle this weekend, I need some general bottling advice... My fermenter is in my basement. Whats the best way to get the beer upstairs into my Kitchen for bottling? A) Rack to bottling bucket and move upstairs? B) Move primary upstairs, then rack to Bottling bucket? C) Do it all in the basement?
2a) I'm guessing B is the better choice for me... Would moving the primary upstairs 24 hours before racking be enough time to let things settle back down a bit?
2b) Lastly, I used a Brewers Best kit for the first time... In the kit they included a 5oz pack of priming sugar. Is that sufficient to bottle the whole lot? Should I follow some of the advice i've seen here and boil the priming sugar with some water, let it cool then rack from primary into the bottling bucket, then bottle?
Thanks
1) I have a brew thats been in my primary for 2 weeks... I'm traveling next week for 10 days... So, my question is, do I bottle now or leave in my bucket for another potential 2 weeks? My plan all along was to leave in the bucket for 3 weeks, that's now shot... I'm really just wondering if 4 weeks is too long in the primary?
2) If I were to bottle this weekend, I need some general bottling advice... My fermenter is in my basement. Whats the best way to get the beer upstairs into my Kitchen for bottling? A) Rack to bottling bucket and move upstairs? B) Move primary upstairs, then rack to Bottling bucket? C) Do it all in the basement?
2a) I'm guessing B is the better choice for me... Would moving the primary upstairs 24 hours before racking be enough time to let things settle back down a bit?
2b) Lastly, I used a Brewers Best kit for the first time... In the kit they included a 5oz pack of priming sugar. Is that sufficient to bottle the whole lot? Should I follow some of the advice i've seen here and boil the priming sugar with some water, let it cool then rack from primary into the bottling bucket, then bottle?
Thanks