Transferred this last night to another carboy for aging after about 3 weeks in primary. Gravity was 1.014. On brew day I pitched 1056 and Roselare blend. It has been ages since I've done a secondary on anything and feel like I did a pretty lousy job of it despite using an auto siphon - think I had the siphon sitting on the trub for a bit, had some kind of air pockets in the tubing for a while (also lots of little bubbles where the tubing and cane connect but I think this is CO2 coming out of solution), didn't have my primary high enough so had to move it towards the end and restart the siphon resulting in the trub mixing with the beer a fair bit but I wanted to get as much in to avoid too much headspace, then worry about oxidation from the poor transfer.... Anyway, did not feel like a good transfer, but I certainly learned some things so next time will be better.
I somehow ended up with about an inch of trub in the bottom too - think there was still a good bit of yeast... in suspension though.
Anyway, because this is supposed to age for a year I have some questions (if it wasn't I wouldn't be worried about these things) as this is the first sour I have done.
1. Is the inch of trub on the bottom a concern?
2. Am I being over sensitive about oxidation (not a smooth transfer and headspace - have about 5.5 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy so not massive headspace). Do have positive pressure in the airlock though.
Sorry for the rambling but any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks!
I somehow ended up with about an inch of trub in the bottom too - think there was still a good bit of yeast... in suspension though.
Anyway, because this is supposed to age for a year I have some questions (if it wasn't I wouldn't be worried about these things) as this is the first sour I have done.
1. Is the inch of trub on the bottom a concern?
2. Am I being over sensitive about oxidation (not a smooth transfer and headspace - have about 5.5 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy so not massive headspace). Do have positive pressure in the airlock though.
Sorry for the rambling but any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks!