First Extract Brew Question

Caddarn · Post by **Caddarn** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:30 am

Hi all,

I brewed my first extract beer on Sunday (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/scot ... t-kit.html) and it was also the first time I've used hop pellets. I noticed when pouring the wort from the pot into the fermenter that there was quite a lot of hop residue in suspension. The instructions say to rack to a secondary fermentor after 2 weeks and leave it there for 2-4 weeks. My question is this, is racking for that long necessary? Wouldn't leaving it that long let most of the yeast settle out and make it more difficult to carbonate the beer in a bottle? Not to mention the additional risk of infection...

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:29 pm

No,

there will be millions of yeast in suspension invisible to the eye in the beer they are tiny lil buggers.
so bottling a clear beer will have plenty of yeast for conditioning without any worries.

enjoy the beer ..

Rick_UK · Post by **Rick_UK** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:08 pm

No need to rack to secondary. Modern thought is that the beer is best left on the yeast so it can clean up off flavours and compounds produced in primary fermentation. Also there is the increased risk of infection with an additional transfer.

Most homebrewers now leave in FV for about 2-3 weeks then straight to keg or bottling vessel.

Rick

Caddarn · Post by **Caddarn** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:46 pm

Thanks guys. That was my understanding Rick and it's what I've been doing with kits, just wanted to double check!

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