What is a "sealed recipient"?

[simon04]

Hi,

I have this Brewferm Kriek kit, which suggests starting in a fermentor for 10 days. Then it asks me to siphon into a sealed recipient for the second fermentation in a cooler place....

Does this literally mean barrel with normal lid? Under airlock again?

After that, it asks me to transfer to another clean recipient before bottling... presumably this would mean siphon again?

Thanks for your assistance :

 

[rpt]

I think you have it right. Syphon into a second FV for lagering and then into a third FV which is your bottling bucket (this might be the same as your first FV if you have a tap/little bottler on it). The first two are under airlock if you want (I don't bother). Just make sure you properly sanitise everything.

 

[simon04]

I think you have it right. Syphon into a second FV for lagering and then into a third FV which is your bottling bucket (this might be the same as your first FV if you have a tap/little bottler on it). The first two are under airlock if you want (I don't bother). Just make sure you properly sanitise everything.

Thanks for the quick response!

My bottling bucket is actually the barrel at the moment... The FV doesn't have a tap, and you can't be fussy when you're given these things :-)

 

[RobWalker]

take it from me, FV's with taps are pretty pointless anyway. unless it's in the middle, you can't get a sample during fermentation, you just get trub! you can always fit a little bottler in the hole, but then...what's the point in the tap? :p

 

[rpt]

I have two FVs with taps at the bottom and they are fine for taking samples during fermentation. They are both little bottler taps with the red thing pointing upwards so maybe that's why I don't get too much trub. Certainly easier than opening the FV and using a turkey baster - this was hard enough before I got a brewing fridge but now it would be a right PITA.