First AG - Seconday or not

[macleanb]

Hi

My first AG "Epping Forest Dark" from the "Goldings Brewery" (I actually live on a hill called Goldings Hill!) is coming up to 6 days fermentation OG 1051 SG now 1013/1014 (Windsor yeast).

I am going to bottle it. What I am wondering is wether I should rack to a secondary for a period, or just go straight for the bottles.

Your opinions would be most welcome.

cheers & ttfn benm

[Buzz]

I tend to go on clarity. If it's pretty clear bottle from primary but, I must admit, I like to transfer to secondary when I'm bottling so I don't end up with half an inch of sediment in the bottles. I can cope but guests don't seem to understand, so the clearer the better.

[BarrowBoy]

I would normally transfer to secondary for a week or so for a bit of extra maturation and clearing (and partly because my secondary accommodates the bottling stick) then prime with half teaspoon of glucose per bottle.

[yojimbo]

Hello I tend to go for Daabs 10 days to reduce the sediment then transfer to my beer sphere for minimum of 3 weeks for an og similer to what you started with longer in the barrel for higher gravity ales. I dont use finnings or priming sugars when bottling and find after about 6 to 8 weeks in the bottle the beer is cleared and nicely carbonated.

I would recomend useing safale us 05 yeast as this sticks really well to the bottom of the bottle have not got round to trying the windsor yeast yet.

[Martin the fish]

I do the DaaB method. 10 days in FV then bottle straight from it.