Hi all-
I brewed a Chocolate Milk Stout this past Sunday, and the recipe calls for cocoa powder and vanilla bean in the secondary. My question is- when should I rack to the secondary? Beersmith states 4 days primary, then to the secondary, but that seems to be the default. Should I wait till the airlock has stopped bubbling? Wait til it has finished out?
Also, I forgot to take a gravity reading before I added the lactose at near the end of the boil. My OG AFTER the lactose addition was 1.084, which is in the range I wanted. But I am curious how I can calculate backwards
to find what the gravity was before the addition. Can anyone provide any guidance with that?
Thanks for any advice!
Michael
www.thebeerleague.com
I brewed a Chocolate Milk Stout this past Sunday, and the recipe calls for cocoa powder and vanilla bean in the secondary. My question is- when should I rack to the secondary? Beersmith states 4 days primary, then to the secondary, but that seems to be the default. Should I wait till the airlock has stopped bubbling? Wait til it has finished out?
Also, I forgot to take a gravity reading before I added the lactose at near the end of the boil. My OG AFTER the lactose addition was 1.084, which is in the range I wanted. But I am curious how I can calculate backwards
to find what the gravity was before the addition. Can anyone provide any guidance with that?
Thanks for any advice!
Michael
www.thebeerleague.com