Rack Twice?

[robertvrabel]

I just racked my Belgian Tripel after almost 5 weeks in the primary... figured it was time to get it off the trub and into a secondary 5gal glass carboy to store away for another 2 months.

I just did it last night... and already today there is another inch or so of trub at the bottom. Should I plan to rack this again? Is two months too long for it to sit ontop of that?

Normally when I've racked I would have bottled a couple weeks after... and figured it was no big deal. But knowing I'm going to leave this for another 2 months, that makes me wonder.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

If you are VERY careful with sanitation, another rack won't HURT anything, but why risk it? Just rack a little above the trub when you transfer it to the bottling bucket..let it set in the bucket a little while before bottling. That way you may lose even more trub.

 

[robertvrabel]

If you are VERY careful with sanitation, another rack won't HURT anything, but why risk it? Just rack a little above the trub when you transfer it to the bottling bucket..let it set in the bucket a little while before bottling. That way you may lose even more trub.

I understand my only risk is infection in racking again... but I'm more concerned if it is OK to leave it on the trub for 2 months. If it isn't, then I will rack... but if its perfectly fine to leave it on it, then I'm going to just leave it alone.

 

[arch1tect]

Leave it. You're fine. Your beer isn't filtered so there will always be some sediment.