eltoro77
Apprentice
Hello everyone,
I need some expert opinion. I am making the transition to all grain from extract. I made a DIY Tun and sparge water tank and brewed a partial mash pale ale. I was working out the kinks with the system so that it is humming when I brew my first all grain. The problem is in the process I ended up with a less than expected brew volume and less wort in the end (3.5 gallons in stead of 5 --spilled water, too much sparge, ect). Anyhow, I am now concerned with moving the fermented beer (3.5 gallons) to secondary because my secondary bottle is 5 gallons. I usually go to secondary for 2-4 weeks. I am concern about oxygenation. Of course the primary (6.5 gallon bucket) is full of CO2. Should I just leave it in the Primary? Is oxidation not as much of a threat with only 1.5 gallons of head space? Any thoughts? Thanks.
I need some expert opinion. I am making the transition to all grain from extract. I made a DIY Tun and sparge water tank and brewed a partial mash pale ale. I was working out the kinks with the system so that it is humming when I brew my first all grain. The problem is in the process I ended up with a less than expected brew volume and less wort in the end (3.5 gallons in stead of 5 --spilled water, too much sparge, ect). Anyhow, I am now concerned with moving the fermented beer (3.5 gallons) to secondary because my secondary bottle is 5 gallons. I usually go to secondary for 2-4 weeks. I am concern about oxygenation. Of course the primary (6.5 gallon bucket) is full of CO2. Should I just leave it in the Primary? Is oxidation not as much of a threat with only 1.5 gallons of head space? Any thoughts? Thanks.