Too much room in Carboy?

[JasonTerry]

Gents,

Yesterday I racked my first AG Ale into the secondary and there is only about 4.5 gallons in there. Leaving a good gallon and a half of free space. Just seems like a lot of exposure. Is it too much?

Quite the learning curve. Thanks for all the help,

Very Best,

Jason

 

[Dave258]

From what I have been told around here, it is ok. There is enough action still in the beer to produce a good blanket of CO2 and force the air out.
I asked the same question a few weeks ago.
Good luck!
Dave

 

[RichBrewer]

You should be OK. The process of racking the beer releases some CO2 from the beer. It should be fine for the week or two it sits before bottling.
I try to brew so I get at least 5 1/2 gallons into the primary. Mainly because I want to end up with 5 gallons of finished beer either in bottles or in the keg. You might want to adjust your recipes so you will have more finished beer.

 

[JasonTerry]

Excellent. this was my "shakedown cruise" to work out the kinks. Real happy with the flavors so far... I was hoping not to send it down hill with oxidation.

Thanks for the quick info.

Very Best,
Jason