kingmustard
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Do we have to put any sugar in the lager when transferring into the second barrel for the secondary fermentation?
Sugar in secondary lager fermentation?
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Runwell-Steve
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Yes you do.
The initial fermentation is there to produce alcohol. Once that's finished you then transfer to either keg or bottles.
You need to add sugar to create a little more fermentation, which will in turn produce CO2. This will pressurise the keg / bottles.
About 90gram of sugar for ale, and 150gram of sugar for lager for a 5 gallon batch is about right.
The initial fermentation is there to produce alcohol. Once that's finished you then transfer to either keg or bottles.
You need to add sugar to create a little more fermentation, which will in turn produce CO2. This will pressurise the keg / bottles.
About 90gram of sugar for ale, and 150gram of sugar for lager for a 5 gallon batch is about right.
