Transporting a Fermenter.

[BeerAddikt]

I'm about to move to a new house in a month and am not sure if I want to start my next batch of brew because it will have to be transported to the new house while still in a fermenter.

Has anybody successfully done this? I'm almost positive I will get suction from temp changes and movement so I'll remove the airlock prior and just cover with sanitized foil.

Thoughts? My gut is telling me to just wait until I'm settled at the new place. :smack:

 

[Northbank]

After a few weeks it should surely be fermented right? In which case even if it takes a bit of a shaking it should settle after a few days.

 

[BeerAddikt]

After a few weeks it should surely be fermented right? In which case even if it takes a bit of a shaking it should settle after a few days.

I can't brew it until the 19th (going on vacation) which means it will have been in secondary w/ a fruit addition for only a few days when it's time to move. It seems like a bad idea the more I think about it.

 

[Brinck17]

I brewed at a buddies house because my propane burner hadn't arrived yet and drove home with the fermenters in the back of the car. Didn't shake it up too bad and I left the airlock in. If the move is just cross town don't worry about it. If it is a longer trip might make a difference I only drove like 45 min. My IPA I transported turned out great though.

 

[BlueHouseBrewhaus]

Don't transport when it is actively fermenting (i.e. krausen). I've heard of cases of blowouts doing that. Otherwise, you should be fine.

 

[The_Bishop]

Here's an important question: What kind of fermenter? If it's glass, I wouldn't do it.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Waiting until you are settled in the new place may be the best thing. If you really want to brew then move it, I would hold off on the transfer to secondary. No need to rush that part and you really don't know that it will be ready at that point anyway. To mitigate the potential for suckback during transport in the primary, make a solution with some dextrose like you are going to bottle, and add that to the fermentor a day or two before the move. Maybe use twice as much sugar as you would for bottling. That way during the move there should be some frementation going on releasing co2. If it's ready for transfer, get it into secondary as quick as time allows at the new place.

 

[BeerAddikt]

Primary is a bucket, secondary is a better bottle. Either way, no glass. And it's about a 45 min drive. Holding off racking to secondary sounds like a good solution. Thanks guys.

 

[jeff62217]

I recently moved to a new house as well. Roughly month and a half in advance I stopped brewing and drank the kegs I had as well as all but a case of bottled homebrew.

All done in order to lighten the load and make the moving process a little bit easier, but also 2 out of 3 of my fermenters are glass.

Got one batch of applewine going but I'm itching to brew and rebuild the pipeline.

Good luck with your move.