HolyKrausenBatman
Well-Known Member
Hello All,
Not trying to start controversy here, but I do have a specific question regarding the use of a secondary. I have been prescribing to the idea that one does not need a secondary unless one is dry hopping, adding fruit, etc. It has worked well for me and that's the way I would like to proceed. That being said, I'd like to add some alcohol based vanilla extract to my porter after I've hit my TG. Plan on pulling sample and taking a gravity reading tonight. If I've hit my mark, I'd like to add the extract, but with so little extract being added, I don't see the need to transfer to a secondary. We're 10 days in the primary, OG = 1.055, so not a huge beer. Plan is to wait 2-3 more weeks before bottling if all is going well. Can anyone think of a reason I'm not seeing to transfer?
Not trying to start controversy here, but I do have a specific question regarding the use of a secondary. I have been prescribing to the idea that one does not need a secondary unless one is dry hopping, adding fruit, etc. It has worked well for me and that's the way I would like to proceed. That being said, I'd like to add some alcohol based vanilla extract to my porter after I've hit my TG. Plan on pulling sample and taking a gravity reading tonight. If I've hit my mark, I'd like to add the extract, but with so little extract being added, I don't see the need to transfer to a secondary. We're 10 days in the primary, OG = 1.055, so not a huge beer. Plan is to wait 2-3 more weeks before bottling if all is going well. Can anyone think of a reason I'm not seeing to transfer?