racking

[buschbacher]

I'm ready to rack my beer today. Now the recipe calls for it to be racked once and then sit in the secondary for two weeks I was wondering if I could rack it once and let it sit a week and then rack it again just to try and get all the solids out. What's your thoughts? Too high of a risk for oxidation or? ??? Thanks!

 

[KISS Brew]

My belief is that racking (even just once) is putting you at risk for infection and oxidation.

Unless you're adding fruit to your secondary, I would probably just let it sit in the primary for another week and bottle (or keg). I'm assuming your gravity has stabilized if you're ready to rack today.

 

[evrose]

Leave it in the primary for three weeks.

Check gravity. If done in three weeks, which it should be, bottle it.

Unless you have a specific reason to rack to a secondary, don't bother.

 

[turvis]

If you wanna get solids out you could cold crash in primary that way you don't have to secondary.

 

[buschbacher]

My fg has seemed to stabalize I'm only at two readings over two days but no change. That being said. Can I just bottle today?

 

[duboman]

My fg has seemed to stabalize I'm only at two readings over two days but no change. That being said. Can I just bottle today?

If you feel the the beer is clear and bright then sure you can bottle but if it's still cloudy and has suspended yeast and solids in it then I would give it another week and let it drop bright first, then bottle. Your final product will be better for the patience you've shown

 

[KISS Brew]

My fg has seemed to stabalize I'm only at two readings over two days but no change. That being said. Can I just bottle today?

You can absolutely bottle today. It will clear up more if you just let it sit for another week. Also, if you're making a bigger beer (think like OG above 1.080), it could benefit from a couple more weeks of bulk aging to let the yeast clean up.

 

[buschbacher]

Yeah my beer is a stout and it had an og of 1.068 and its at 1.018 so I think ill give it another week