Racking To Secondary Question

[eighteez]

that sounds like something I'll be looking at down the road.

Like Revvy said, I'll likely use the carboys later. When I graduate to more "advanced" things....

 

[Revvy]

that sounds like something I'll be looking at down the road.

Like Revvy said, I'll likely use the carboys later. When I graduate to more "advanced" things....

I've not had the same issue as brother Az when dry hopping in primary. I just carefully rack, and even then very little ends up in the bottling bucket either.

 

[eighteez]

right now I dont even know what dry hopping is...

I am (and will be for a while) in the land of extract kits with no frills.

Just good generic home brewing.

I will want to be more experimental and try some advanced things later. Hopefully (and it sounds like it) I can use the extra gear I have then.

 

[bob1852]

I've not had the same issue as brother Az when dry hopping in primary. I just carefully rack, and even then very little ends up in the bottling bucket either.

I know; it's strange, but it's the only variable that I've been able to isolate. It only bothers me when I end up bottling in liter bottles, because the 2nd and 3rd pour is a slimy, sludgy mess.

How long do you dry hop Rev? I usually do for 7 days.

 

[bob1852]

right now I dont even know what dry hopping is...

You basically add more hops once fermentation is done. It really helps with aroma for hop heavy beers like IPAs.

 

[eighteez]

gotcha.

You just make sure they dont get in the bottles?

 

[Revvy]

I know; it's strange, but it's the only variable that I've been able to isolate. It only bothers me when I end up bottling in liter bottles, because the 2nd and 3rd pour is a slimy, sludgy mess.

How long do you dry hop Rev? I usually do for 7 days.

7-14 days....

It might be because of how I rack the beer. I hold my auto siphon initially so the the tip is actually several inches above the trub layer and let it flow for several minutes before carefully and slowly lowering it onto the bottom of the bucket or carboy, so I'm not starting initially with the hop goop flowing through in the beginning. When the volume gets lower you can kinda judge what's flowing through, if you are getting a lot of hops or not.

I DH between 7 and 14 days depending on when I can get to the beer. But usually somewhere between 7 and 10...

 

[Valcarde]

you have to open it and steal a sample. some folks use a special tool called a wine thief. Some people use a simple turkey baster.

edit: me personally.... i just wait a couple of weeks and get on with it. No gravity readings.

I think I may have to do the latter. First time I checked a gravity reading on my cleared out apfelwein, I tried the hydrometer sample. Tasted -good-. Now it's been a fight to keep from going down to 'take a hydrometer reading', and emptying the sample into a glass

 

[bob1852]

7-14 days....

It might be because of how I rack the beer. I hold my auto siphon initially so the the tip is actually several inches above the trub layer and let it flow for several minutes before carefully and slowly lowering it onto the bottom of the bucket or carboy, so I'm not starting initially with the hop goop flowing through in the beginning. When the volume gets lower you can kinda judge what's flowing through, if you are getting a lot of hops or not.

I DH between 7 and 14 days depending on when I can get to the beer. But usually somewhere between 7 and 10...

Same thing I do, but my theory (completely unsubstantiated ) is that the dry hopped pellets don't completely settle out and they somehow grab up some of the free yeast and thus create much more trub when I bottle.