All,
I'm going to start brewing my first batch next weekend, but I've been reading up on using secondary fermentation for clearing. (Who doesn't like clear beer?) I have a couple of questions:
1.) When I siphon from my primary to a secondary, do I still need to have an airlock on the secondary, or is it okay to just cap the carboy, or put a lid on a bucket? (I don't have my secondary yet, but I'm deciding between better bottle and a standard 5-gallon bucket.)
2.) I've heard that you don't need to secondary for most unless you're going to be using fruits or other flavor enhancers like oak, etc. I'd like to get into that, so I'm also assuming that if I wanted, say bananas in my beer, I'd put mashed up bananas in the secondary before siphoning from the primary?
Thanks!
I'm going to start brewing my first batch next weekend, but I've been reading up on using secondary fermentation for clearing. (Who doesn't like clear beer?) I have a couple of questions:
1.) When I siphon from my primary to a secondary, do I still need to have an airlock on the secondary, or is it okay to just cap the carboy, or put a lid on a bucket? (I don't have my secondary yet, but I'm deciding between better bottle and a standard 5-gallon bucket.)
2.) I've heard that you don't need to secondary for most unless you're going to be using fruits or other flavor enhancers like oak, etc. I'd like to get into that, so I'm also assuming that if I wanted, say bananas in my beer, I'd put mashed up bananas in the secondary before siphoning from the primary?
Thanks!