sankenship
Member
Hi all,
Apologies if this question has already been addressed or is in the wrong thread. I'm new to home brewing and to this forum. I've just recently begun home brewing and have gotten a lot of my advice from my LHBS. They've instructed me to start with extract to get the hang of things. I'm boiling the LME and hops in 2.5 gallons of water and adding another 2.5 gallons in the primary fermenter. It stays in the primary for roughly 1 week then rack to secondary for 2 weeks. When I rack to secondary they told me to move it to a 5 gallon carboy and add enough water to fill it to the neck (I'm guessing for anti-aeration purposes...). Does all of this sound right to everyone? What if I use the above brewing method but don't add water when I move to the secondary? will I introduce off flavors? By adding water, am I just watering down my beer?
Thanks in advance.
Mike
Apologies if this question has already been addressed or is in the wrong thread. I'm new to home brewing and to this forum. I've just recently begun home brewing and have gotten a lot of my advice from my LHBS. They've instructed me to start with extract to get the hang of things. I'm boiling the LME and hops in 2.5 gallons of water and adding another 2.5 gallons in the primary fermenter. It stays in the primary for roughly 1 week then rack to secondary for 2 weeks. When I rack to secondary they told me to move it to a 5 gallon carboy and add enough water to fill it to the neck (I'm guessing for anti-aeration purposes...). Does all of this sound right to everyone? What if I use the above brewing method but don't add water when I move to the secondary? will I introduce off flavors? By adding water, am I just watering down my beer?
Thanks in advance.
Mike