bottling soon.

[George7845]

Im going to be bottling soon, my beer and my hard cider. So i wanted to move them so if anything was shaken up it would have a day to settle back down. Should i pull the airlocks right out, then insert them in when i have the 2 batches where i want theM? Also, temperature is going to change to about 80 instead of 60-70 for a day, will this pose a problem?

 

[halite]

yes remove the airlock when moving them and then replace (the danger if you leave it is is that the liquid would be sucked into your ferementer when you moved it), temp should not be a problem for only a day.

 

[Revvy]

I never remove my airlocks when moving the fermenter. And there is really no reason to let your beer sit overnight to settle before bottling, unless you drove it several miles someplace. It will all settle back down in a few minutes. And if you have long primaried or used a secondary, your yeastcake is pretty tight to begin with.

Besides having a little yeast in suspension at bottling time is not a bad thing, it guarantees there is plenty of yeast to do the job.

Here's some tips for you. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

 

[BackshoreJake]

If I want a really clear beer, I put my fermenter in the fridge for a day. This makes yeast and other things drop out REAL fast. The change in temperature does not harm the beer.