Thinking about this batch after primary. Left about 3 litres in the kettle with about 5.25 gallons in the fermenter. Probably looking at about 4.75 gallons after transferring from fermenter. I almost never secondary (in part the types of beer I have been making). Issue now is I only have two 6 gallons carboys - too much headspace for this batch.
Assuming I am going to secondary this I am thinking of getting a 5 gallon Better Bottle, but would rather not spend $40-50 when all is said and done.
Question is, if I don't do anything like wanting to age on coffee beans or cacao nibs say is there really any point in doing a secondary? Might thought is when fermentation is done just bottling it and let is sit for 3-4 weeks to "bottle condition."
Also, what have people found with FG on this one with S-04. BeerSmith is telling me 1.026 I think. Also said 1.091 for OG, but I ended up with 1.081. I reduced the 2 row on this a bit from the posted recipe because the ABV was too high. 1.026 seems a little high.
Thoughts?