transferred my wherry to another FV

[loady]

I have had the wherry fermenting for a week now, today i sterilised another FV and syphoned the beer into it very carefully, the beer had a lot of lumpy yeast floating on the top, but i had initially got a good fermenting head at the early stage, the transferred beer looks a lot better now, two days previous to transferring i had added finings and given a gentle stir..there is approx 19.5 litres of beer in the FV..this is my second brew so far and as yet i have not been able to sample anything so i am sort of doing this blind, the first brew i dry sugared the bottles..this one i want to put the sugar ready mixed..given i have 19.5 litres in the FV..how should i go about adding it and at what concentration..after doing this should i leave it longer in the FV or bottles it straight away..i took a reading today and its on 1006, ill test again tomorrow.

 

[jonnymorris]

80g-100g dissolved in boiled water and gently stirred into your brew will do it. You'll need to find the balance between stirring the sugar solution in and disturbing any sediment your may have. Take care not to introduce oxygen either. One might normally add the dissolved sugar to the bottling bucket before racking but it'll be fine either way.

Bottle it straight after.

 

[alanywiseman.]

I favor racking into a bottling bucket to keep the beer as clear as possible. If you add the sugar solution before racking then it should distribute through the beer evenly as you rack your beer into the bucket.

 

[marengo]

Hi guys

Interested in this as I will be bottling in a couple of weeks. Regarding the sugar solution; how much water do you boil for the solution (for 80gms sugar)? Presumably then put that into a sterilised spare FV, the bottling vessel, after boiling and cooling before syphoning the beer into the bottling vessel for immediate bottling.

thx
John

 

[prolix]

I used to use a pint of beer form the fermenter and heat that up, just pour it still hot into the bottling vessel then the rest of the beer, the hot solution will add to the sanitising of the bucket.

 

[graysalchemy]

I favor racking into a bottling bucket to keep the beer as clear as possible. If you add the sugar solution before racking then it should distribute through the beer evenly as you rack your beer into the bucket.

Sound advice with a good explination :thumb: :thumb:

 

[marengo]

Perfect chaps, thanks
John