i am new to the brewing thing and I made an APA last week. I want to put it in the secondary but all I have is buckets with spigots on them. If I rack from one bucket to another won't all the trub come out of the spigot and defeat the purpose.
I recommend doing the secondary in carboys. Buckets have an enormous head space and if you do not have some CO2 to purge it, you will have oxidized beer.
If it works for you then great! It still has a huge head space and will be exposed to air for a period of time unless you purge it with CO2 before racking.
I have always fermented with buckets and did the secondary in carboys. I have spigots in my buckets which make racking a snap.
Now I don't secondary at all.
Is this always true? I have secondaried in a bucket twice (once for dry hopping an IPA, the second time for conditioning of a wheat wine).
The IPA turned out awesome. The wheat wine still has a few months to go.
I read somewhere... probably here, that even though not yet carbonated, the beer has enough CO2 in it that when you rack from one vessel to another you get some to come out of solution and form a protective layer. As long as you don't screw with it too much, you should be fine (or something like that)
Was I misled? (Sorry, I'm still a newb)
So should I leave it in the original bucket, buy a carboy and transfer it, or use the other bucket and transfer.
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