earlytimes
Well-Known Member
So, I have a friend who has his stout (first batch) in his primary for three weeks now. We were planning on bottling this weekend, but due to lack of bottles, that isn't going to happen. I would like to transfer it to a secondary until he gets more bottles, but he doesn't have a secondary, and I was planning on using mine in about a week, so I can't just let him use my carboy.
So the question is, could we use the carboy to temporarily transfer the beer into, then clean out his primary, and rack it back into his primary to use as a secondary?
Has anyone done this? Is this worth this risk? Or should we just leave it in the primary for another 2 or 3 weeks (5 or 6 weeks total)? It's a stout, so I'm not concerned about clarity, but we do want to achieve the best quality beer we can.
cheers!
So the question is, could we use the carboy to temporarily transfer the beer into, then clean out his primary, and rack it back into his primary to use as a secondary?
Has anyone done this? Is this worth this risk? Or should we just leave it in the primary for another 2 or 3 weeks (5 or 6 weeks total)? It's a stout, so I'm not concerned about clarity, but we do want to achieve the best quality beer we can.
cheers!