hey guys i just transfered the beer from the primary to a secondary and there was still some particles floating around in the beer. I figured this was just yeast but i wanted to make sure there was still supposed to be stuff in it.
transfering from fermentor to secondary?
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yep, normal. you wanna avoid racking too much crud over, but its inevitable. that's why secondary gets 2 weeks on average...so that stuff can sediment out further, reducing the chance to rack any to your bottling bucket (or keg).
Jamo99
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yep. the secondary is for clearing. that'll let most of that stuff floating around settle again prior to bottling. once you bottle, carb, and chill, you'll have a tiny layer of yeast on the bottom of the bottle as well.
WBC
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reaper79 said:
You do not need a secondary with Ales. Next time leave the primary 2 weeks and then keg or bottle. This gives the yeast a chance to clean up after itself.
Go Gators
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malkore said:
+2 You are doing good, secondary is the clearing vessel. Let it sit for at least 2 weeks, and you should see a bit of a difference.
