Still on my First Brew

[Igorstien]

My batch has been in the carboy since Monday and had pretty much stopped bubbling. The airlock really isn't moving at all.

My tempurature looks good at 22 celcius.

I am wondering about the 1/2 inch of sediment in the bottom. should I move the batch a third time or just leave it be? Will the sediment affect the process any? I'm just concerned that the clear process may be affected by the sediment.

 

[El Pistolero]

If you're talking about a secondary, no don't move the batch a third time, just leave it be for another week, then bottle. In the meantime, relax and have a brew.

 

[Igorstien]

Cool!! Thanks for all the help!!

 

[drvodka]

I am wondering about the 1/2 inch of sediment in the bottom. should I move the batch a third time or just leave it be? Will the sediment affect the process any? I'm just concerned that the clear process may be affected by the sediment.

way to go! sounds like you're a day or two ahead of me in your first ever batch! mine was just racked to the secondary yesterday.....
as for the sediment, of course you want to avoid that when bottling, so if you're going out of a glass carboy, you want to siphon from the top of the carboy down, otherwise you'll end up sucking up the trub from the bottom into your bottles.....at least that's what i believe given that I have never done it before either!

 

[El Pistolero]

That little black cap at the bottom of your racking cain will prevent most of the sediment from getting sucked up...as long as you're careful and don't move it around much.

 

[Sasquatch]

Igor, your brew is sounding perfect. Another week and you can bottle. There are two basic ways to do this. One is to boil up your corn sugar in a cup or so of water, and pour that into your empty primary bucket, then siphon the beer out of the 2ndary carboy (leaving all the sediment behind) and into the bucket, mixing with the sugar, and then bottle from there.

Alternatively (and it's an alternative you have no choice about if you already have another batch in primary, which is why I have gone to this method) you can just gently funnel your sugar mix into the secondary carboy and give the beer a really gentle stir. The trub is basically undisturbed, and really there's no chance of aerating the beer this way. Then while that sits and mixes, you can sterilize all your bottles and caps, and then you're ready to go. Just bottle straight from the secondary, and try not to disturb the trub too much with your racking cane. It works no problem.