I'm a first time brewer and I'm brewing an American Pale Ale. I've been doing well with leaving the beer alone and just relaxing but its getting to the point where I think it's time to rack over the the secondary. I've been maintaining a good temp(around 65-70) and the bubbles are really starting to slow(1 every minute or so). I was planning on waiting a week to 9 days(its been 5 so far) to move my beer from the primary to my secondary(better bottle). I don't have an original gravity to share because I screwed up when I took one and took one directly from the wort(before I added the other 3 gallons of water) which gave me an extremely high OG.
Should I take a hydrometer reading before moving it? what would be a good value to have it at and how would I know this for beers in the future? or should I just use the 1 - 2 - 3 rule and will 7-9 days be fine?
As a side note... How does one keep the sediment(this is called trub?) from transferring with the beer when racking from the primary to the secondary?
Should I take a hydrometer reading before moving it? what would be a good value to have it at and how would I know this for beers in the future? or should I just use the 1 - 2 - 3 rule and will 7-9 days be fine?
As a side note... How does one keep the sediment(this is called trub?) from transferring with the beer when racking from the primary to the secondary?