Irishguy42
Active Member
Hello!
So, I'm brewing a pumpkin milk stout, and it's been in primary for about 10 days. I kept it temp controlled in a Cool Brewing bag, and it seems like it's finished fermentation (did two readings over last three days that have showed consistent SG around what my xFG was). I have been keeping it at around 64F-68F
Is it alright if I rack this over to a secondary carboy and leave that at room temp (apartment stays from 70-73 normally), or should I leave it in primary in the Cool Brewing bag w/o worrying about swapping frozen soda bottles?
How long would be long enough to leave this brew in primary/secondary before moving onto the bottling phase? Leave it in primary for another week and then bottle? Or rack it to secondary and then let it sit for a week or two?
I do want to taste test for the pumpkin spices, and if I wanted to add more, having a secondary would be ideal (create a "tea" and then rack the primary on top of that). Not sure though.
Lots of paths I could potentially take and I'm not 100% sure where to go with this beer.
Thoughts?
So, I'm brewing a pumpkin milk stout, and it's been in primary for about 10 days. I kept it temp controlled in a Cool Brewing bag, and it seems like it's finished fermentation (did two readings over last three days that have showed consistent SG around what my xFG was). I have been keeping it at around 64F-68F
Is it alright if I rack this over to a secondary carboy and leave that at room temp (apartment stays from 70-73 normally), or should I leave it in primary in the Cool Brewing bag w/o worrying about swapping frozen soda bottles?
How long would be long enough to leave this brew in primary/secondary before moving onto the bottling phase? Leave it in primary for another week and then bottle? Or rack it to secondary and then let it sit for a week or two?
I do want to taste test for the pumpkin spices, and if I wanted to add more, having a secondary would be ideal (create a "tea" and then rack the primary on top of that). Not sure though.
Lots of paths I could potentially take and I'm not 100% sure where to go with this beer.
Thoughts?