secondary fermentation

Greetings, I am going to transfer the kit wort, into a secondary fermentation vessel before bottling. Before bottling should the secondary fermentation vessel have an air trap or should it be pressurised with CO2?? Is it worth doing secondary fermentation for more than a month before...

First of all hello there! I've been using this forum for the 18 months I've been brewing and found a lot of answers to my questions/problems on here, so thank you to all the brewers contributing to this invaluable resource. This is my first time posting as I've put myself in a bit of a pickle...

Hi guys, I made a mistake on my first home brew in terms of water calculations and to cut it short ended up with an 8% ale. I bottled it yesterday and it is cloudy and doesn’t taste amazing. Now I’m not sure whether the taste is due to the high alcohol content or I’ve maybe got an infection of...

I’m starting to plan brewing a high gravity beer (RIS) that’ll benefit from a good while ageing. I don’t usually brew anything requiring extended secondary/ageing. I normally use bog-standard buckets and then rack to cornies for carving and serving. Slightly mindful that my buckets aren’t...

Here is something to laugh about for the week ahead: Instead of being able to report proudly about my very first batch of homemade cider in the next few days, I discovered today that it has found a final resting place under the floorboards in the kitchen aheadbutt:tinhat:. I am using a King...

My cider seems to be coming to the end of the fermentation. Yesterday it was 1.011 and very little bubbling was visible this morning. However, I made a mistake with my initial equipment order and won’t get my syphon until Monday. Is it okay to leave it in the bucket for a couple of days or...

Hi guys, I tried to search the forum for secondary fermentation with whisky and somehow could only find whisky infusions using wood chips. :tinhat: My brew day, this weekend (my first recipe), is a Vanilla, Cinnamon, Nutmeg Porter. Hops - Williamette and WGV. Pre-mash volume - 18L Batch...

I'm on my second kit at the moment. I made a Wherry brew earlier this year. It tasted OK but most of the bottles were cloudy even 6 weeks after bottling, and these were a bit yeasty tasting. I read somewhere that using beer finings would get the yeast to settle much more quickly. I have a...

Hi there, Since I started brewing back in August (kits) I’m now on my second batch of beer (festival razorback - yum). I’ve planned a pipeline from day one, based on how many storage vessels I’ve had and gone for 2 week intervals on a primary, 2 kegs and 2 lots of bottles so my beer so far has...

Hello all, This is the first post on the forum and I am a bit new to brewing. Last Saturday (19th) I started my first pressed apple wild yeast cider. As far as I can tell it's going well, bubbling away happily. I will be taking a sample soon to check with a hydrometer. I have been looking...

I have a Mangrove Jacks Cechz Pils 23 litre kit. How much brewing sugar should I use to the batch for carbonation? Festival kits use around 110g, but I think some use 140g? Advice please. Many thanks Ken

I've currently got a Whit Beer in a pressure keg. Followed all the instruction of the kit (it's a pretty decent high-end extract kit). It's about 10 days into the secondary fermentation with brewers sugar and I've had a few cheeky tastes and all is good. What I have noticed is that the pressure...