sidepart
Well-Known Member
Just looking for some quick advice here. I'm scheduling my next 3 batches of beer and am looking to time this just right.
I have a 1.060 gravity ale that I'm going to be brewing. About a week later (on labor day), I'd like to rack it to a secondary and add a second batch of wort to the primary so I can utilize the yeast cake (WLP007). In your experience, is this enough time for the primary phase for this kind of gravity ale with WLP007?
In my experience, I typically would let this sit for two weeks. However! I really only start taking gravity readings about 3 days before the two week mark and it's been spot on so far. For all I know the beer finished attenuating at the 1 week mark. I just don't take readings around then. Hence my question.
I've done two ales in the 1.040-1.048 range that were fine after a week...but...different yeasts in those cases, so different story. I'm just trying to get a warm fuzzy on this. Also, I could probably move this to the yeast area instead of beginners if that'd be a better idea.
I have a 1.060 gravity ale that I'm going to be brewing. About a week later (on labor day), I'd like to rack it to a secondary and add a second batch of wort to the primary so I can utilize the yeast cake (WLP007). In your experience, is this enough time for the primary phase for this kind of gravity ale with WLP007?
In my experience, I typically would let this sit for two weeks. However! I really only start taking gravity readings about 3 days before the two week mark and it's been spot on so far. For all I know the beer finished attenuating at the 1 week mark. I just don't take readings around then. Hence my question.
I've done two ales in the 1.040-1.048 range that were fine after a week...but...different yeasts in those cases, so different story. I'm just trying to get a warm fuzzy on this. Also, I could probably move this to the yeast area instead of beginners if that'd be a better idea.