BackshoreJake
Active Member
Today I racked my hefeweizen to secondary. I am aware that many people prefer to bottle directly after primary fermentation, and skip secondary as this will further clarify a beer that is supposed to be cloudy. I felt that I wanted a slightly lighter taste in my hef , and thought that getting it away from the yeast cake for a few days would maybe be the best thing to do for that.
My question is: now that I have racked to secondary, how long must I keep it there? I don't want any damage done to my beer from oxygen exposure, so I am not inclined to bottle any sooner than a week. The beer sat in primary for 2 weeks, and I had planned to keep it in secondary for a week.
If I was to bottle in 4 or 5 days- would all the oxygen exposure harm the beer?
I guess my biggest questions is HOW does oxygen exposure harm the beer? How much is too much?
Jake
My question is: now that I have racked to secondary, how long must I keep it there? I don't want any damage done to my beer from oxygen exposure, so I am not inclined to bottle any sooner than a week. The beer sat in primary for 2 weeks, and I had planned to keep it in secondary for a week.
If I was to bottle in 4 or 5 days- would all the oxygen exposure harm the beer?
I guess my biggest questions is HOW does oxygen exposure harm the beer? How much is too much?
Jake