Yin_Yang
Well-Known Member
LOL. So I got home and the bubbling had slowed down to one every 40, so i decide i should rack it, because its been exatly 7 days anyway. I open the bucket, and the tell tale signs of being done are all there. No krausen, the dark residue on the sides of the bucket where the krausen steadily dropped. So from everything i've heard it's a go ahead. I sanitized my autosiphon and tubing before hand, as well as the 5gallon carboy.
The autosiphon starts out perfectly. So basically effortless, seems to be a perfect racking session. BUT while i was watching the fluid drain into the carboy, i noticed that it picked up a lot (not a ton, but a good amount) a lot of the floating yeast, and some sediment from the bottom of the primary. Is this going to be a problem? or will the yeast and sediment fall to the bottom anyway?
Also while I was carrying the heavy a$$ carboy down the hallway, about 20ft, into the closet i was going to put it in, it splashed around (with cork and airlock already in)a LOT, enough to have bubbles appear on the top. Will THIS be a problem? because i know oxydization is a bad thing.
I also took a hydrometer reading . At racking time it was to have 1.021 gravity. I read it at 1.019, this is good enough right?
Also the color is supposed to be: Low: 4 Predicted: 16 Hi: 11. (It's An English Pub Ale)
from what ive seen pictures of what 16 is to look like it seems much darker...find pictures below. 2 w/ flash 1 without.
Thanks guys
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf3.jpg
The autosiphon starts out perfectly. So basically effortless, seems to be a perfect racking session. BUT while i was watching the fluid drain into the carboy, i noticed that it picked up a lot (not a ton, but a good amount) a lot of the floating yeast, and some sediment from the bottom of the primary. Is this going to be a problem? or will the yeast and sediment fall to the bottom anyway?
Also while I was carrying the heavy a$$ carboy down the hallway, about 20ft, into the closet i was going to put it in, it splashed around (with cork and airlock already in)a LOT, enough to have bubbles appear on the top. Will THIS be a problem? because i know oxydization is a bad thing.
I also took a hydrometer reading . At racking time it was to have 1.021 gravity. I read it at 1.019, this is good enough right?
Also the color is supposed to be: Low: 4 Predicted: 16 Hi: 11. (It's An English Pub Ale)
from what ive seen pictures of what 16 is to look like it seems much darker...find pictures below. 2 w/ flash 1 without.
Thanks guys
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/cbaillo/pubale2ndf3.jpg