HopHound12
Well-Known Member
I fermented my pumpkin ale for a 10 days in primary and then racked to secondary for another two weeks. I used the Midwest pumpkin Ale kit and tweaked the recipe a bit the biggest change being that I used 75 Oz of canned pumpkin added in the last couple minutes of primary. It is clear that I lost a considerable amount of beer due to the pumpkin trub but I am not too sure how much.
This is my fifth batch so I am relativley new at this but my best guess would be that I lost about 1.5 gallons when I transferred to secondary. I just don't want to add too much priming sugar and end up with bottle bombs, so I was hoping that someone could advise me on how much beer I actually lost. The attached picture is my beer sitting in my 6.5 gallon glass carboy atop the massive amount of trub. Any help would be appreciated in determining how much I lost and how much dextrose I should prime with ( I was thinking about 3.5 ounces).
Thanks
This is my fifth batch so I am relativley new at this but my best guess would be that I lost about 1.5 gallons when I transferred to secondary. I just don't want to add too much priming sugar and end up with bottle bombs, so I was hoping that someone could advise me on how much beer I actually lost. The attached picture is my beer sitting in my 6.5 gallon glass carboy atop the massive amount of trub. Any help would be appreciated in determining how much I lost and how much dextrose I should prime with ( I was thinking about 3.5 ounces).
Thanks