the scenario...
i have about 4.5g of 18 month old flanders red that i will be transferring into a 5g better bottle for aging, later to be blended with younger flanders red. i will be using the slurry to ferment the 10+ gal of flanders i will be brewing on monday.
so, i'm going to brew 11g, using about .5g to top off that first flanders up to 5g, then use that slurry in each of the carboys to ferment the new flanders.
got all that?
anyhow, i was thinking i'd siphon the old beer into the better bottle, then pump the new beer directly into the carboys. then, i *was* going to pump that .5g on top of the old beer, but then i thought about aeration... will i be putting too much O2 back into that beer and get some unsavory characteristics?
i'm trying not to confuse myself, hopefully you're not confused.
i have about 4.5g of 18 month old flanders red that i will be transferring into a 5g better bottle for aging, later to be blended with younger flanders red. i will be using the slurry to ferment the 10+ gal of flanders i will be brewing on monday.
so, i'm going to brew 11g, using about .5g to top off that first flanders up to 5g, then use that slurry in each of the carboys to ferment the new flanders.
got all that?
anyhow, i was thinking i'd siphon the old beer into the better bottle, then pump the new beer directly into the carboys. then, i *was* going to pump that .5g on top of the old beer, but then i thought about aeration... will i be putting too much O2 back into that beer and get some unsavory characteristics?
i'm trying not to confuse myself, hopefully you're not confused.