CouchFarmer
Well-Known Member
I have a Belgian Trippel that's supposed to get up to about 8.3%. Originally brewed on the 10th, racked to secondary 5 days later, then racked to a keg today (11 days after brewing) after the airlock had been dead for a few days. I finally checked the final gravity after I had put it in the keg (not a good idea I know). The stats:
Starting Gravity: 1.070
Finished Gravity: 1.030 (current)
As I see it I can do one of two things:
1. Drink the beer. 5.25% low for a Belgian but is not too bad otherwise, and women often like beer a bit sweet (who else buys Smirnoff Ice??).
2. Rack back into a fermenter and add yeast to restart fermentation. I've never tried to do it this way. I can either add the Nottingham dry yeast packet I have in my fridge, or go buy fresh White Labs yeast first thing in the morning.
So my question is having racked the beer off the yeast twice now, is option 2 a good idea? My sanitation is good enough that I'm willing to risk another transfer. Has anyone tried to do something like this before, and what would you do with your beer?
Starting Gravity: 1.070
Finished Gravity: 1.030 (current)
As I see it I can do one of two things:
1. Drink the beer. 5.25% low for a Belgian but is not too bad otherwise, and women often like beer a bit sweet (who else buys Smirnoff Ice??).
2. Rack back into a fermenter and add yeast to restart fermentation. I've never tried to do it this way. I can either add the Nottingham dry yeast packet I have in my fridge, or go buy fresh White Labs yeast first thing in the morning.
So my question is having racked the beer off the yeast twice now, is option 2 a good idea? My sanitation is good enough that I'm willing to risk another transfer. Has anyone tried to do something like this before, and what would you do with your beer?