MedicineMan
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How long can you age in the secondary and still bottle condition the beer?
MedicineMan said:How long can you age in the secondary and still bottle condition the beer?
And as for bottleling, dont do it. Why wait another 2 to 3 weeks for your beer to condition.
Age in secondary for 10 days. Use gelatin to clear up the brew. U can do a quick qoogle search on how to use gelatin in beer. And as for bottleling, dont do it. Why wait another 2 to 3 weeks for your beer to condition. Just force carbonate. U can do it easlily with 2 liter soda bottles and a carbonation cap and a co2 paintball tank from walmart. Just google co2 carbonation caps and u will find them. They are 15 bucks a piece, or u can make one out of a tire valve stem for 2 bucks, so easy. The paintball tanks are refillable too. Only 3 bucks a dicks sporting goods
. I am juiced up and ready to go, but how much yeast do i add? a packet, half, a quarter?
Ok. you say being in a secondary for a extended amount of time is ok. Great. i have had a English brown in the secondary for 2 1/2 months, but the temp has fluctuated over that time. I was told by the LHBS to pitch some yeast, prime and bottle. So I came home jumped on here and searched. They suggested Safale s-04, which i bought with bottles, caps and some starsan. I am juiced up and ready to go, but how much yeast do i add? a packet, half, a quarter?
I would NOT bother with more yeast. 2.5 months is nothing. Many people here leave beer 6 months in secondary and it carbonates just with priming sugar. Save your S-04 for your next brew :rockin:
If you plan to brew for a long time, you will want to consider temperature control for your fermentations. It makes an enormous difference in the quality! Until then, brew strong!
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