Hey guys I decided to experiment with different dry hoping for my apa.
So i decided to do small batches and split them up into 2 secondary fermenters, and I will dry hop them different when the time comes.
What I did was siphon the beer into one fermenter then I filled up the other...
My question is: should I have used a another bucket to transfer all of my wort off the yeast cake from my primary, then give the wort a good stir , and then transfer to my glass secondarys.
My question is because one of my fermenters is continuously releasing (what looks liek co2 bubbles), like a carbed beer. you can see the bubbles coming to the top. I dont know if its the rise in temperate of 1C between primary temp. and secondary, or infection.... but will this have a different affect of my beers in the final product.
Does it make a difference after primary that one fermenter has wort from the top half of the primary, the other got wort thats from the bottom, and therefore got a little more sediment sucked up...?
here are some pics.. by the way I did mess up on my second syphon and the water flow stopped so i did have to re-start and handled the syphon ends with my hands, it was a panic moment, when the hose comes out spraying,,,you know..... (hope its not contaminated?).
what do you guys do if you split batches after primary?
thanks for the help guys.
So i decided to do small batches and split them up into 2 secondary fermenters, and I will dry hop them different when the time comes.
What I did was siphon the beer into one fermenter then I filled up the other...
My question is: should I have used a another bucket to transfer all of my wort off the yeast cake from my primary, then give the wort a good stir , and then transfer to my glass secondarys.
My question is because one of my fermenters is continuously releasing (what looks liek co2 bubbles), like a carbed beer. you can see the bubbles coming to the top. I dont know if its the rise in temperate of 1C between primary temp. and secondary, or infection.... but will this have a different affect of my beers in the final product.
Does it make a difference after primary that one fermenter has wort from the top half of the primary, the other got wort thats from the bottom, and therefore got a little more sediment sucked up...?
here are some pics.. by the way I did mess up on my second syphon and the water flow stopped so i did have to re-start and handled the syphon ends with my hands, it was a panic moment, when the hose comes out spraying,,,you know..... (hope its not contaminated?).
what do you guys do if you split batches after primary?
thanks for the help guys.