not moving your fermenter

[alpine85]

Folks,

Do you try to not move your fermenter at all after pitching and aerating?
I ask because I am not able to bottle from the same location that I ferment. Gotta carry the sucker down the hall and plop it on a table.
Does this make problems for clarity?

Thoughts?

 

[MattyIce]

I have to move mine around. Some of my beers are pretty clear and others have a chill haze. I am not sure what to do about this, but it does not bother me much.

 

[HB_in_Subic]

I move mine a good hour ahead of bottling time. That way if I disturb anything it gets a chance to settle before I start siphoning.

 

[joshesmusica]

i move mine. a lot. have no problem with it. at around day 5-7 i'll move it to warmer temps and kinda hope to swirl up some yeast so that way it won't crap out on me early. i dry hop and kinda swirl the bucket again at around day 9-10 for my two week beers and around day 16-17 for my three week beers. then i move it again to cold crash it. granted i just started cold crashing, and i didn't know how long it should be sitting in there, and it was taking up space in my wife's refrigerator, so i took it out a day before bottling. if i could've bottled that day i would've just let it sit for about an hour to let things drop out again. i had pretty clear beer still before cold crashing, now i have super clear beer. my wife said it looks as clear as water. granted this is just all my anecdotal experience, no science or data to back it up...

 

[eadavis80]

I only move mine if the temp warrants it and for one other reason. I do move it to the counter where it will be bottled from the day before. That way, any yeast that is stirred up during "moving day" will settle back down well before bottling to help ensure as clear a beer as possible.

 

[DatsyukianDeke]

I have to move mine around. Some of my beers are pretty clear and others have a chill haze. I am not sure what to do about this, but it does not bother me much.

If I'm not mistaken, chill haze comes from cold break not precipitating out during cooling. Shortening the cooling time after the boil should help with that.

 

[mrgrimm101]

It depends on the time of year here in Michigan. In the summer I ferment in my basement, then after about a week I move it up to my landing on my stairs to finish out at a slightly higher temp. Then I move it to my kitchen for bottling.

In the winter I ferment upstairs and it pretty much sits until bottling day.

Either way it still might get moved around slightly. Mostly if SWHMBO slides it out of the way or if I want to bring it closer to the vent or something like that.

 

[PrinceOfThePoint]

Moving your carboy will have absolutely no effect on clarity of the final, settled product.

 

[Black Island Brewer]

I move mine a good hour ahead of bottling time. That way if I disturb anything it gets a chance to settle before I start siphoning.

This. Like PrinceofthePoint said, it's won't affect the clarity of your final, finished product, but if you move the carboy into place first, then get the rest of your prep done for bottling, by the time you rack, most of what might have been disturbed will be settled, leaving less sediment in your bottles after carbonation is complete.

 

[podz]

After yeast has flocculated, stirring it up won't keep it in suspension for more than a few hours.

 

[balrog]

This. Like PrinceofthePoint said, it's won't affect the clarity of your final, finished product, but if you move the carboy into place first, then get the rest of your prep done for bottling, by the time you rack, most of what might have been disturbed will be settled, leaving less sediment in your bottles after carbonation is complete.

Ditto. I use kitchen to brew, basement where I made simple FChamber. It's a long, bumpy ride down the steps, over the toys, slide sideways past the ping pong table, gingerly past milk crates full of homebrew, through the woodworking shop, past the router table, into the furnace room, nothing but net. And on bottling day, the reverse. Drinking does not help, let me tell you. But take it up first thing, and by the time everything else is ready, I cannot complain about the bottled results.