Soon I'm going to make a lager (a dunkel) and I'll want to lager it for a while (ideally I'd like to split my batch into 2 equal 10.5L batches, put one on oak staves and leave the other one as is). I'm also looking at making a Belgian Quad that I wouldn't mind ageing in secondary for a while.
I'd love to simply use plastic cubes (as they're cheap, and I alrady own several 10L cubes), but if I'm laying something down in plastic for a month (or a year) is it likely to have much of an affect on the end product?
Also, I bottle and don't have access to CO2 to flush my containers, so should I forget secondary and just age/lager in glass bottles? (or even PET bottles?)
I'd love to simply use plastic cubes (as they're cheap, and I alrady own several 10L cubes), but if I'm laying something down in plastic for a month (or a year) is it likely to have much of an affect on the end product?
Also, I bottle and don't have access to CO2 to flush my containers, so should I forget secondary and just age/lager in glass bottles? (or even PET bottles?)