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c02 in 2nd FV
My first kit (a nog kit) has finished fermenting (11 days) in the FV, its been a steady 1013 for 3 days, I'm planning to syphon into a barrel, but with no priming sugar, with the idea of bottling half off in a about 2-3 days.
Will the beer create enough c02 in the barrel to protect the beer or should I inject a small c02 cannister in straight away? (was going to leave the c02 pressure valve lid on for 30 minutes then take it off slowly and replace it with the normal lid and an airlock).
Cheers
John
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Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Why do you want to transfer to the barrel and then bottle half?
If the idea is to have 1/2 in the barrel and 1/2 in bottles then I would leave in the fermenter until you are ready to bottle then bottle half and stick the rest in the barrel. I would prime the barrel as per normal and probably inject 1 co2 bulb to give is a nice layer of co2 will its priming. Then just condition as normal.
If you move to the barrel then bottle then you are not really achieving anything and it will lose the co2 protection that it will have in the fermenter.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I thought using a second FV before bottling gives you a clearer beer in the bottles, that was one reason for planning to do this and also it looks easier to bottle from an FV with a tap, will have a rethink.
cheers
John
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
It won't really give you clearer beer as the process of racking it will mix all the yeast up into it. Having a tap might make is easier although the taps are quite high on a barrel so you will end up tipping it to get the last few litres out which will mix it up too.
Racking to a bottling bin fitted with a tap makes bottling easier but you are planning to keg half of it anyway.
Its up to you I guess, like most things there isn't a right or wrong way, depends on what suits you and available equipment. I constantly change the way I do things.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I ended up doing a mixture of the two, I warmed some of the beer in a pan and addded the 85g priming sugar, then added that to the barrel, then I syphoned the beer into the barrel, let it stand for about 30 minutes while I sorted my bottles out, I used a 10 inch piece of 1/2 inch tube which I attached to the barrel tap with a 13-20mm jubilee clip, then just lowered the tube into the bottom of each bottle and filled slowly, no spills. Finally fitted the c02 valve cap and injected a bulb. as you say it may be a bit cloudy because of the way i've done things, but the little bit I tasted was great, so not too bothered if it is.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Sounds fine, doesn't matter if its a little cloudy there will just be a bit more sediment.
Home brewing is liking cooking, everyone has there own techniques.
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