Second fermenter

[rooster_442]

So I know there are two sides to the story about needing to use a second fermenter but I want to start my second batch of wort. So my question is how long does it need to sit in the second fermenter for before bottling it? Thanks in advance!

 

[johngaltsmotor]

You want your gravity to be stable for 3 days before bottling. If you can get that from your 1st fermenter, great. If you don't get 3 days of identical SG and have to rack it you want to leave it in the secondary at least long enough to get 3 identical gravity readings. If you want to leave it longer to settle and clarify you can. Theoretically you could move it to secondary after 2 days of identical SG readings and the after being there only 1 day get another identical gravity reading and bottle it.

 

[rooster_442]

Ok thank you very much!

 

[m00ps]

Just buy another bucket/carboy. Trust me, you do NOT want to move that if its still going. It'll interrupt the whole fermentation and you risk infection.

I would recommend buying a few more vessels. I quickly found myself with 8 buckets/carboys after 6 months or so of brewing.