Panzermann
Well-Known Member
I started my first batch, I have chosen a Bock kit and hope it turns out good. I did have help from my father who has been brewing for decades but does not live close by so he could only help via telephone.
I started my batch on Thursday, woke up Friday morning and the airlock was going nuts..what a good sign.
Wakeup Saturday and it has all but stopped..just to be sure I gave the fermenter just a slight whirl (I did not open the lid) and it seemed to start going a little more.
Obviously it is coming to the end of the fermentation cycle and I think I can go ahead and bottle on Monday or Tuesday at this rate.
My question is this, should I go ahead and rack the beer into my secondary (plastic carboy) or just leave it in the fermentor and rack it once I have added my sugar for bottling?
I do not see any harm in either really but would like some suggestions. One thing about home brewing is that there are so many varying opinions, and that does not neccesarilly mean any of them are wrong, simply personal preference.
So what do you guy's think? To rack or not to rack?
I started my batch on Thursday, woke up Friday morning and the airlock was going nuts..what a good sign.
Wakeup Saturday and it has all but stopped..just to be sure I gave the fermenter just a slight whirl (I did not open the lid) and it seemed to start going a little more.
Obviously it is coming to the end of the fermentation cycle and I think I can go ahead and bottle on Monday or Tuesday at this rate.
My question is this, should I go ahead and rack the beer into my secondary (plastic carboy) or just leave it in the fermentor and rack it once I have added my sugar for bottling?
I do not see any harm in either really but would like some suggestions. One thing about home brewing is that there are so many varying opinions, and that does not neccesarilly mean any of them are wrong, simply personal preference.
So what do you guy's think? To rack or not to rack?