1st time brewer - secondary fermentation

[mackie1983]

Hello,

I am a first time brewer, I have used a Tom Caxton Real Ale Kit and fermented with 1kg as per the instruction for 9 days (hydrometer read 10.2???? or 1002 or 1020??? once notch below ten!!! sorry) I have syphoned it into a pressure barrel with 85g of sugar but i am now a bit worried.

When i syphoned it into the barrel from the bucket i left the bottom inch in the bucket, will there be enough yeast in the pressure barrel or have i poured the bottom inch of the beer and yeast down the crapper!

can i add died bread yeast if needed????

[Lillywhite]

Don't panic. There will be enough yeast in suspension that you syphoned up and the priming sugar will work it's magic.

[cozy]

its only the dead yeast that falls to the bottom of the bucket,the cloudy beer has yeast in it still so don`t worry...

[mackie1983]

thank you, how do you take a reading of the hydrometer, its goes down from 990 -1000 -10-20-30-40-50-60 with five incremental bars inbween am i right in thinking that mine read 1012?????

[Lillywhite]

If it's one notch above 1.010 then the reading is 1.012. If you can see 1.010 above the level of the liquid than the reading will 1.008 one notch below.

Remember the hydometer sits higher as the wort ferments out. Put it in water and your reading will be 1.000 .