7Enigma
Well-Known Member
So here I am at work, 2 days after starting my first brew and I decided to look over again some of the later chapters in the Howtobrew online book. I come across the more detailed directions for the pouring the wort into the fermenter (I remembered to aerate well during the pour), unfortunately I forgot the part about not pouring the sediment (hot/cold break) into the fermenter. So now I realize I poured ALL of the boiled wort material into the fermenter.
I have a 5 gallon glass carboy I plan on using as a secondary, and had originally planned to wait 2 weeks to go from primary to secondary (I'm in no rush and keep hearing the longer the better within reason for each step). Now I'm wondering if I should wait until the CO2 production tails off and immediately rack to the secondary making sure to separate out the trub from the beer?
I planned on doing this without a hydrometer since I'm using the mindset of the longer the better, and so I don't have one (and didn't measure prior to fermentation so I wouldn't have a way to tell where I am other than a couple days with no change).
Should I just still keep the 2 week primary, or cut it short?
I have a 5 gallon glass carboy I plan on using as a secondary, and had originally planned to wait 2 weeks to go from primary to secondary (I'm in no rush and keep hearing the longer the better within reason for each step). Now I'm wondering if I should wait until the CO2 production tails off and immediately rack to the secondary making sure to separate out the trub from the beer?
I planned on doing this without a hydrometer since I'm using the mindset of the longer the better, and so I don't have one (and didn't measure prior to fermentation so I wouldn't have a way to tell where I am other than a couple days with no change).
Should I just still keep the 2 week primary, or cut it short?