Couple of questions before bottling

[stoneyts]

A bit long but.....I have a batch of Citra pale ale that I dry hopped after being in the primary a week. I was planning to leave it in the primary until bottling but I have another kit to brew so I decided to move it to a carboy. When I did that I didn't move the hop bag with it. I will be ready to bottle next weekend. How will this effect the beer? I will say the sample I took was AWESOME!

On another note... When I bottle I usually put the bottles into 6pk holders then into a case box. We keep the house real cool and I am looking for ideas on keeping the bottled beer in the 70* range to promote carbonation. My SWMBO isn't real thrilled to keep the heat on in the bathroom with 2 cs of beer spread out on the floor to keep warm so I would like to come up w/ a solution other than this. When I have the beer in my primary I keep a beer belt on it to keep the temp up. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

[WCD]

Not sure what will happen with not dry hopping in secondary. Ive only ever dry hopped in secondary.

Regarding keeping the bottles at 70ish. I ended up buying interlocking dark gray/black totes(~$7) from homedepot and keep them out of the way in the dining room. This has kept SWMBO fairly happy. I have no optimal solution but at least it looks a little cleaner and tidier. She is not happy but accepts it.

 

[stoneyts]

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[flars]

Put your bottles in water with an aquarium heater. Tape up those old 6 pak holders. I spent last Sunday afternoon in the ER getting stiches. 6 bottles of beer went throught the bottom of one. Top of one bottle came up and went into my leg.

 

[wjohnsen]

Cool house here. Built a light bulb/coffee can heater with a dimmer switch to help control temp. If you search the web most are called something like dog house heaters.

 

[stoneyts]

What about the fact that I have moved the beer to a secondary w/o the hops that was added for dry hopping? Is there going to be a big loss of the flavor/aroma? The dry hop addition was done on day 7 after brewing and was there for 7 days before I moved it. I know this is abnormal for the process but it was suggested that the beer probably needed to around the 3 week mark prior to bottling. That is why its in the secondary for a week. My hops were in a bag and I couldn't put them in the carboy. I will also probably add gelatin in a few days to clear the beer.Will there be enough yeast in suspension to carb it?

 

[stoneyts]

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