Transportation

[CofCSig]

So I have just been informed that I will have to travel back to my hometown weeks earlier than I originally planned (three to be exact). My brew is in primary fermentation right now (started last Friday), and is a one gallon batch. I have to leave August 5th.. this means it will have only been fermenting for a month..

Should I rack it into another carboy, airlock it, and drive with it as is?
Should I rack it into another carboy and cap it for the drive?
I am a little stressed right now, to say the least, but I'm trying to figure this out asap.

Thanks for any input!

p.s. it's a 5 hr car drive if that has anything to do with it

 

[homebrewer_99]

Do you have a 1 gallon mead in a 5 gal carboy?

If it's in a 1 gal jug then I'd take a hydrometer reading before doing anything.

 

[CofCSig]

1 gal mead in a 1 gal carboy. and yeh i'm gonna go buy a new hydrometer tomorrow and check it out

 

[homebrewer_99]

Since it's in a primary so is the yeast...any movement will rouse it off the bottom making the mead cloudy again and create pressure.

You may decide to rack it if the readings are good.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I'd degas it, so it doesn't spew if it gets a bit shook up, and put an airlock on it. Wrap it in big bubble wrap & put it in a cooler with a little ice; not enough to cold crash it, just enough to keep it from overheating during transport. That's my 2 cents worth. Good luck. Regards, GF.