lkondolian
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On my 5th batch, here. I've never used a secondary for an ale before, but I just did my first batch with steeping grains and got tons of cold break at the bottom of my primary. (But I also need that particular primary open for later this week.)
So I just racked my ale (at 8 days) into a secondary. It was sort of a disaster: I had to lug my 5 gallon primary downstairs to my sink, which caused the krausen to fall while I was racking, and I couldn't really see where the trub was, so I wound up with a lot of both in my secondary.
So, RDWHAHB of course, but how much of a problem is this? How do you guys avoid the krausen when racking to secondary?
So I just racked my ale (at 8 days) into a secondary. It was sort of a disaster: I had to lug my 5 gallon primary downstairs to my sink, which caused the krausen to fall while I was racking, and I couldn't really see where the trub was, so I wound up with a lot of both in my secondary.
So, RDWHAHB of course, but how much of a problem is this? How do you guys avoid the krausen when racking to secondary?