Accoustiknoyz
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Hey brewers, I have only brewed a few times and was wondering the necessity of racking to a "secondary". I mean, it seems a lot of trouble keeping from oxidizing and maintaining sterile conditions, so does the benefit (clarity?) outweigh the risk? Here's where I am now. I've brewed a 4 lbLME + 2 lb DME India Pale Ale from kit and was figuring it had completed fermentation yesterday. I took a gravity reading at 1.018 and seemed pretty low, but there were bubbles around the wort. By tonight I thought I'd bottle, but the bubbles now encircle the work and the airlock gets a bloop maybe once an hour or so. Do I rack to secondary then wait again. leave it for several more days in the primary, or take a gravity reading tomorrow and bottle it if the gravity is the same?
PS The sample I took gravity reading in was delicious.
Steve (Chesapeake)
PS The sample I took gravity reading in was delicious.
Steve (Chesapeake)