zaprozdower
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So this is my first partial mash brew, hopefully it turns out ok. I have several random questions about it.
So primary fermentation seems to be winding down with OG at about 1.058 and FG at 1.020. So I was thinking as I rack to secondary I might put the little bit of yeast I have left with some brown sugar to get a little more fermentation out of the batch. I know you usually shouldnt use sugar for fermentation, but I was just going to use a couple cups and I figure brown sugar would go ok with pumpkin porter anyways.
Secondly, there's a LOT of particulate in my wort...probably from the pumpkin. Tonight it's going to get pretty cold out, can I just leave the fermentator outside overnight to settle it down? Would this be something I should do right before bottling instead.
Lastly, I freakin can't get good color out of my beer! It always seems to be this blah brown color, and I'd like something darker for a porter obviously. Would it be acceptable to mash a little more Black patent (started with .5 pounds) and dump it in with secondary to darken it up? It is pretty unacceptably light for a porter.
So primary fermentation seems to be winding down with OG at about 1.058 and FG at 1.020. So I was thinking as I rack to secondary I might put the little bit of yeast I have left with some brown sugar to get a little more fermentation out of the batch. I know you usually shouldnt use sugar for fermentation, but I was just going to use a couple cups and I figure brown sugar would go ok with pumpkin porter anyways.
Secondly, there's a LOT of particulate in my wort...probably from the pumpkin. Tonight it's going to get pretty cold out, can I just leave the fermentator outside overnight to settle it down? Would this be something I should do right before bottling instead.
Lastly, I freakin can't get good color out of my beer! It always seems to be this blah brown color, and I'd like something darker for a porter obviously. Would it be acceptable to mash a little more Black patent (started with .5 pounds) and dump it in with secondary to darken it up? It is pretty unacceptably light for a porter.