Porter question!?

[brentt03]

I just brewed a robust Porter and put 'er in the fermenter on Sunday. I will not be dry hopping this batch, but wondered if it was still a good idea to move it over to a secondary once fermentation has stopped??

I've had some good success with cleaning up beer by moving to secondary.

So it will be:
Primary ~ 10 days
Secondary ~ 2 weeks
Then bottle and condition

 

[bierhaus15]

I would leave it in the primary fermenter for a bit longer. Two to three weeks on the yeast cake will reduce off flavors and clear the beer up pretty well. The only time I use secondaries on stout/porters is if I am using a yeast that is a very poor flocculator and I want to cold crash it to get the yeast to drop.

 

[Captain Damage]

No need to 2ndary at all. Just leave it in primary. You can rack it for a couple of days before bottling if you want, but it's debatable if this actually helps the clarity, and you could be inviting oxygenation.

 

[brentt03]

Good deal! I will just leave in primary for 3 wks!

 

[Grinreaper]

I got a Porter in my primary too. The FG is stalled at 1.012 for 3 days now. There is still a thin but dark raussen on top of it. Should i wait for this disappear before bottling?

 

[Shooter]

I got a Porter in my primary too. The FG is stalled at 1.012 for 3 days now. There is still a thin but dark raussen on top of it. Should i wait for this disappear before bottling?

I would probalby wait. How long has it been in primary?

 

[Grinreaper]

I would probalby wait. How long has it been in primary?

It's been in primary for 7 days now.

 

[Shooter]

It's been in primary for 7 days now.

Leave it, another week or two in the primary will help clean up the flavors.

 

[mattmcl]

Definitely leave it. I've had beers ferment actively for a few days, then appear to stop, then start up again. I always give three weeks before interfering.

 

[Grinreaper]

Ok,thanks for all the help. I'll leave it for another week or more. But just to make sure,is the kraussen suppose to disappear on top?

 

[Golddiggie]

I'd leave a porter, or other high OG brew, in primary for 3-4 weeks... If you're not going to make any late flavor additions, that makes sense to rack off of (before adding another) then just leave it in primary for the duration...

I would also advise not just bottling since "it's been X weeks"... Pull a sample, take a hydrometer reading, then taste it. Tasting it (along with the hydrometer readings) will give you a better idea of when it will be (or is) ready for bottles.

 

[Shooter]

Ok,thanks for all the help. I'll leave it for another week or more. But just to make sure,is the kraussen suppose to disappear on top?

It should eventually drop, but, every beer is different.