postman
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Just wondering if there are many brewers out there who are simply primary brewers? If you are one, how's your beer? Is it worth buying a carboy?
yeqmaster said:Personally I am a fan of using a secondary just for the clarity. I find that the taste is not too different.
American said:I know about using gelatin with wine, I've wondered about it myself for beer because I HATE sediment in my beer. Have you seen any adverse effects with this? Does it take longer to age?
JavaBeans said:The secondary is worth it just because you can have more than one beer going at a time.
DeathBrewer said:why don't you just stock up on primaries?
mward said:No, not any longer than without, the beer is just a lot clearer. I use 1/2 tsp in 300ml of water, dump it in, and rack 3 days later. I do it to everything, even the stouts.
david_42 said:I brew in buckets & leave them for 3-4 weeks before kegging. All of my buckets have spigots & I very rarely have problems with sediment in the keg. Never had a problem with oxidation, either.
DeathBrewer said:why don't you just stock up on primaries?
What exactly do you mean by crash cooling? What temp and how long? What is the desired benefit?EdWort said:Me too! I crash cool for a few days to a week before sanitizing the spigot, connecting a hose, and racking to a keg. I only use my Better Bottles for Apfelwein and I don't secondary those either.
JnJ said:What exactly do you mean by crash cooling? What temp and how long? What is the desired benefit?
Cool, I just picked up an old chest freezer to use as a fermenter. Just need to pick up a temp controller. I like to bottle some of mine, do you think this will affect bottle carbonation?EdWort said:I ferment in a chest freezer with a temp controller, so after a week or so at fermentation temps, I'll turn it down to 39 degrees for a few days.
This helps drop the yeast out of suspenstion which leads to clearer beer. It also helps pack the yeast cake so when I move it from the freezer to my counter for racking, it does not get roused up very easily. It also stays packed on the bottom when I open the spigot to rack to the keg.
Here's what crash cooling does. This was leftover when I racked my Oktoberfest last week.
American said:one more question. Are you force carbonating? Just want to make sure there is still yeast enough left to bottle prime after you add gelatin.
PseudoChef said:I've looked for JZ's article/webcast on his no secondary useage, but have been unable to find anything. Can someone link me?
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