I realized I left to much headspace in the secondary. It only came up to the shoulder. It still is giving off a lot of Co2. What has been the experience of others leaving to much headspace in the secondary? Am I going to get vinegar? I'm starting to worry.
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I had this exact same question a few weeks ago. I had beer in a secondary for five weeks with the better part of a gallon of headspace. You've got an airlock on it, correct? If you give your secondary a little shake, enough CO2 will come out of the beer to bubble up the airlock. So if your beer is under a "blanket" of CO2, doesn't seem like much bad can happen to it. I certainly wouldn't worry about it. Plus you'll probably only have your beer in the secondary a few weeks. IMO you'll be fine!
Poolplayer
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It would be alot different if there were no airlock and alot of headspace. Then you could start making faces with your brew - Aackkk!!!!
ekranzusch
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+1 on giving the beer a very very gentle shake to rouse some co2. try not to splash things around. co2 is heavier than o2 =)
Generally having less headspace in a secondary is a good thing though but I left a batch like this for like 8 weeks and didn't have a problem.
Generally having less headspace in a secondary is a good thing though but I left a batch like this for like 8 weeks and didn't have a problem.
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