I've just recently been reading up on how it is perfectly okay to remain in the primary carboy unless you plan on a secondary fermentation or adding flavoring additions. I am simply short on a carboy right now and was curious if I could add flavoring to the primary instead of transferring first...
7 days of fermenting an Oktoberfest style Ale is complete and it is now moved to a secondary carboy. I have only done IPAs to this point where dry-hopping is done in the secondary. Should the secondary be at fermenting temp at this point or should I cold crash it now?
Thank you all for the feedback. I was a little skeptical about the 64% being "on the high side" comment, so thanks for confirming that shouldn't matter. From your comments, I it would seem that the temp when I began the mash and/or quality of grain was the issue. We have a "standard" bayou...
Brewed 10 gallons of a Russian River Row-2 Hill 56 clone last night with a buddy. We were hoping for 1.055 OG, but only got to 1.049. This is our second all-grain brew, and based on our steps I *thought* we would have better efficiency. Can I please get a quick gut-check on our process?
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