mannish
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I think I may have racked my current batch of winter warmer to secondary too soon. It was only in primary for about 7 days. Anyway, I just checked the gravity after 10 days in secondary and it came up 1.030. The estimated final gravity is 1.020. When I racked to secondary, the gravity was at 1.040.
I'm assuming that I've got about another 10 days for the gravity to drop within the expected range, although we had planned to bottle this weekend. We'll wait the extra 10 days, but I'd like to avoid this in the future.
What should I look for before I rack to a secondary fermenter? The bubbles in the lock had noticeably slowed, but there was still a thick layer of cruft on top of the wort. We racked anyway, but I'm wondering if I should have waited for all of that to fall. In the secondary, there is a 1/2 inch layer of tannish bubbles on top of the wort, almost like a light head.
Any input would be appreciated.
NK
I'm assuming that I've got about another 10 days for the gravity to drop within the expected range, although we had planned to bottle this weekend. We'll wait the extra 10 days, but I'd like to avoid this in the future.
What should I look for before I rack to a secondary fermenter? The bubbles in the lock had noticeably slowed, but there was still a thick layer of cruft on top of the wort. We racked anyway, but I'm wondering if I should have waited for all of that to fall. In the secondary, there is a 1/2 inch layer of tannish bubbles on top of the wort, almost like a light head.
Any input would be appreciated.
NK