Pancoastbrewing
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Hello! Thinking about getting into Spunding so I can try naturally carbonating my brews.
Right now, my carb process for lagers is typical and simple...pitch and ferment at 50ish (in a glass car boy), slowly ramp up temps into a D rest (usually 10-14 days total), rack to secondary, slowly chill to lager temp, lager at 40 or lower for at least 4-6 weeks, transfer to keg and turn on co2 for at least another week or two.
It’s my understand that the process of Spunding requires you to rack the beer to a keg near the end of primary fermentation and apply the Spunding valve to carbonate. I haven’t been able to find too much more information online than that however. I really like to naturally clear my beer through cold extended storage and then racking off a second time to avoid picking up the stuff that settled out.
If you use the Spunding valve, do you transfer to a serving keg after lagering? I use a basic siphon when racking, is that not advisable with Spunding? I would assume not because the co2 would be lost? Do I need a counter pressure device to rack then? Are there clarity issues with Spunding? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Right now, my carb process for lagers is typical and simple...pitch and ferment at 50ish (in a glass car boy), slowly ramp up temps into a D rest (usually 10-14 days total), rack to secondary, slowly chill to lager temp, lager at 40 or lower for at least 4-6 weeks, transfer to keg and turn on co2 for at least another week or two.
It’s my understand that the process of Spunding requires you to rack the beer to a keg near the end of primary fermentation and apply the Spunding valve to carbonate. I haven’t been able to find too much more information online than that however. I really like to naturally clear my beer through cold extended storage and then racking off a second time to avoid picking up the stuff that settled out.
If you use the Spunding valve, do you transfer to a serving keg after lagering? I use a basic siphon when racking, is that not advisable with Spunding? I would assume not because the co2 would be lost? Do I need a counter pressure device to rack then? Are there clarity issues with Spunding? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
