Brocster
Well-Known Member
Hi all!
SWMBO is beginning to turn from a person who was amused and annoyed by my return to the hobby to someone who is really liking both the process and the beer. Woooohoooo!!!! She has always been a microbrew fan with a gret palate, and is now enjoying what we turn out at home. Still, I want this beer to be as good as possible since it is her favorite style and one of here favorite beers. Given that:
I have a question on the timing of beer in the secondary given some of the following:
- ESB (my formulation of Sierra Nevada's ESB)
- PM technique with 1.051 OG (spot on to target)
- generous pitching
- 8 days in primary at 66
- racked to secondary - gravity 1.010
- dry hopped with pellets (1 oz Kent Goldings) day two in secondary.
I will be moving to a keg and force carbing versus botteling. This is different than the Sierra Nevada technique, but that is ok.
My question is around cold crashing the secondary. I was thinking that around day 10 in the secondary, I could cold crash for 5 days, then keg. I have a stairway that leads from the basement to the garage, and living in MN, the temp is about 45 degrees at that spot.
Is that too soon? Should I leave at 66 in the secondary longer? I am not too worried about clarity (it would be nice), but more about taste, especially since SWMBO is the target audience. I just am not sure of the balance I need in regards to dry hopping versus conditioning. In hindsight, I should not have dry-hopped as early as I did, but too late for that.
Thoughts?
Thanks!!
SWMBO is beginning to turn from a person who was amused and annoyed by my return to the hobby to someone who is really liking both the process and the beer. Woooohoooo!!!! She has always been a microbrew fan with a gret palate, and is now enjoying what we turn out at home. Still, I want this beer to be as good as possible since it is her favorite style and one of here favorite beers. Given that:
I have a question on the timing of beer in the secondary given some of the following:
- ESB (my formulation of Sierra Nevada's ESB)
- PM technique with 1.051 OG (spot on to target)
- generous pitching
- 8 days in primary at 66
- racked to secondary - gravity 1.010
- dry hopped with pellets (1 oz Kent Goldings) day two in secondary.
I will be moving to a keg and force carbing versus botteling. This is different than the Sierra Nevada technique, but that is ok.
My question is around cold crashing the secondary. I was thinking that around day 10 in the secondary, I could cold crash for 5 days, then keg. I have a stairway that leads from the basement to the garage, and living in MN, the temp is about 45 degrees at that spot.
Is that too soon? Should I leave at 66 in the secondary longer? I am not too worried about clarity (it would be nice), but more about taste, especially since SWMBO is the target audience. I just am not sure of the balance I need in regards to dry hopping versus conditioning. In hindsight, I should not have dry-hopped as early as I did, but too late for that.
Thoughts?
Thanks!!