Quick question

[jakehale]

For those that do secondary:

when racking from Pri to Sec,,, Your suspose to leave the "gunk" in the bottom of the Primary and not put it in the secondary. RIGHT?

i am pretty sure with all the reading i have done the gunk stays in order to help clear the beer in the seondary. but since today was my first, i firgured i would ask.

thanks
jake

 

[phidelt1499]

Yep. That's the point of a secondary.

 

[Revvy]

Some will inevitably get through no matter how careful you rack, but yes you intention is to leave behind the trub.

 

[Cap'n Jewbeard]

The trub that stays behind is part hop-stuff (if, like me, you use the hop pellets), part yeast, and part various other crap that floats around, I guess bits of grain and such?

If you really like your yeast you can "wash" it to get rid of the non-yeast stuff and keep yourself a permanent yeast colony for future brews. It's not that tough, but I have to go find the thread where they talk about how to do it.

 

[Calder]

Correct, leave behind the trub. Just don't rack too soon.

 

[edie]

you're going to get some "gunk" as you transfer but no big whoop.

congrats! you're making beer!

 

[1ratdog]

in my opinion. only secondary if it needs 2 sit longer than 4 weeks. anything less and a single stage ferment is fine