Hi all
I just brewed the Northern Brewer IMPERIAL STOUT. I made a yeast starter about 30 hours be for brewing. I used a six gallon carboy with a blow off tub. I am glad I did use the blow off tub because the kraeusen went up the blow off tub and into the bucket. Here is my question I lost about 45 oz of beer when the kraeusen went in to the blow off bucket. When I transfer the beer to secondary I now will have more head space in the five gallon carboy. I will be leaving the beer in secondary for about three months. Is this extra head space going to be a problem? Could I get some commercial IMPERIAL STOUT from the store and top the carboy off? Is there any thing in the commercial beer that would kill the yeast so it would not carbonate up in the bottles?
Thanks so much
Roger
I just brewed the Northern Brewer IMPERIAL STOUT. I made a yeast starter about 30 hours be for brewing. I used a six gallon carboy with a blow off tub. I am glad I did use the blow off tub because the kraeusen went up the blow off tub and into the bucket. Here is my question I lost about 45 oz of beer when the kraeusen went in to the blow off bucket. When I transfer the beer to secondary I now will have more head space in the five gallon carboy. I will be leaving the beer in secondary for about three months. Is this extra head space going to be a problem? Could I get some commercial IMPERIAL STOUT from the store and top the carboy off? Is there any thing in the commercial beer that would kill the yeast so it would not carbonate up in the bottles?
Thanks so much
Roger