lady_brewer
Well-Known Member
So... my hubby started drinking the homebrew (now if I could get him to help clean labels the bottles) so my pipeline has sprung a giant leak...
Here is my decision. I have always followed a general time frame of 10-14days in primary, then 7-14 days in the secondary. Bottle, don't touch anything for at least 2 weeks, and even then slowly work through the odd half dozen to see how the beer is coming along. Mostly it conditions for about 5 weeks before being stocked in the fridge.
If I follow this, then the batches that I have on now are not going to be "ready" by Christmas, yet I have the feeling that they will be drank. So my question is...
Do I take my Coopers Real Ale out of the Primary today, throw it into the secondary and bottle it next week? It is done fermenting, prolly since Wednesday or Thursday. Or am I being bad for even thinking it?
Here is my decision. I have always followed a general time frame of 10-14days in primary, then 7-14 days in the secondary. Bottle, don't touch anything for at least 2 weeks, and even then slowly work through the odd half dozen to see how the beer is coming along. Mostly it conditions for about 5 weeks before being stocked in the fridge.
If I follow this, then the batches that I have on now are not going to be "ready" by Christmas, yet I have the feeling that they will be drank. So my question is...
Do I take my Coopers Real Ale out of the Primary today, throw it into the secondary and bottle it next week? It is done fermenting, prolly since Wednesday or Thursday. Or am I being bad for even thinking it?