Is this too much headspace??

[Bisco_Ben]

So I just racked my imperial stout over to a secondary for some aging. I thought I would be able to fill it to the top, but was actually left with this much headspace. My question is, is this too much head space to have while aging for a few months? If so, what should I do about it? Definitely dont want to oxidize this beast of a beer, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Cyclman]

You could top it off with beer- Guiness or the like. If you keg, float CO2 on top of it.

 

[flars]

In my opinion you have very little headspace. Your beer will be fine.

 

[RoadKing]

You could top it off with beer- Guiness or the like. If you keg, float CO2 on top of it.

Yeah, I see a CO2 tank in the back ground. Just purge the head space.
Besides, just racking over probably released enough C02 to do the job.

 

[bethebrew]

In my opinion you have very little headspace. Your beer will be fine.

Agreed. Just keep your airlock full, and replace sanitizer occasionally. And cover it up I always put mine in carboy boxes. Light ain't good!

 

[duboman]

Looks perfectly fine to me and it even looks like it was either not done fermenting or you did not rack very quietly as that's a lot of foam/krausen, whatever but either way there is CO2 present to just let it be

 

[ArcLight]

You can even add a tea spoon of sugar boiled in a couple of ounces of water to add some more food for teh yeast and generate some additional CO2.

 

[Bisco_Ben]

Thanks guys, the airlock has been showing signs of a bubble every once in a while so I am thinking that the CO2 blanket has formed and maybe even pushed out all the oxygen. That foam is from the starsan and not from the beer since I always rack pretty carefully. I have it covered in a t-shirt and will be kegging the beer in 2 months time. Thanks again for your thoughts!