Maine Homebrewer
Grandmaster Brewer
I've got a pils that I started fourteen day ago and I'm not quite sure that it's done. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know. Check the gravity. Well, I'm checking the thermometer. The one next to it that has been racked and is currently in dry hop reads two degrees less than the primary. The primary looks ready to rack. It isn't bubbling much. The yeast is mostly settled. But it's producing enough heat to read a full two degrees warmer than it's non-fermenting neighbor.
To rack, or not to rack, that is the question.
Yes, I know many of you skip the secondary completely, but I don't have much choice if I want to make more than one batch a month. I have one big glass (8 gallons maybe I've never measured it) primary vessel and three 5g secondaries. Racking frees the primary for the next batch, and the brews in secondary can hibernate until I feel like putting them into a keg. It works for me.
Anyway, what's with the heat? Is the yeast still doing something productive, or should I siphon the brew onto some dry hops?
To rack, or not to rack, that is the question.
Yes, I know many of you skip the secondary completely, but I don't have much choice if I want to make more than one batch a month. I have one big glass (8 gallons maybe I've never measured it) primary vessel and three 5g secondaries. Racking frees the primary for the next batch, and the brews in secondary can hibernate until I feel like putting them into a keg. It works for me.
Anyway, what's with the heat? Is the yeast still doing something productive, or should I siphon the brew onto some dry hops?