SpanishCastleAle
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I'm trying my second attempt at this. First time I let it ferment too far in the primary and it was essentially done by the time I racked it to the keg...so no natural carbonation.
Last night I racked a lager brewed on 2/28 that was still quite murky with trub/yeast/etc. all suspended and still churning a bit...but there was a healthy cake too. OG was 1.060 and the gravity was about 1.016 last night. There were tons of what looked like 'yeast missile launches' from the yeast cake as I racked it (my garage was a bit warm...like 80 F) so it def seemed to still be going. I would think I got plenty of viable yeast in the transfer. But this morning it was at the same pressure as it was shortly after I racked it @ ~2 psig (I put it back in the primary fridge @ 50 F). When I first racked it I left about 4 psig in the keg just to keep it sealed...plus it was gonna cool a little bit and drop the pressure and I didn't want it to go negative. My 'seat-o-the-pants' meter says I'm not gonna get full carb here either but I'm really just guessing.
Any tips on this?
Do I need to rack it even earlier?
Should I expect full carbonation (say ~2.5 volumes) from this or just partial?
Any tips/comments appreciated.
Last night I racked a lager brewed on 2/28 that was still quite murky with trub/yeast/etc. all suspended and still churning a bit...but there was a healthy cake too. OG was 1.060 and the gravity was about 1.016 last night. There were tons of what looked like 'yeast missile launches' from the yeast cake as I racked it (my garage was a bit warm...like 80 F) so it def seemed to still be going. I would think I got plenty of viable yeast in the transfer. But this morning it was at the same pressure as it was shortly after I racked it @ ~2 psig (I put it back in the primary fridge @ 50 F). When I first racked it I left about 4 psig in the keg just to keep it sealed...plus it was gonna cool a little bit and drop the pressure and I didn't want it to go negative. My 'seat-o-the-pants' meter says I'm not gonna get full carb here either but I'm really just guessing.
Any tips on this?
Do I need to rack it even earlier?
Should I expect full carbonation (say ~2.5 volumes) from this or just partial?
Any tips/comments appreciated.