To Rack Or Not Too Rack.

[daddywillwill]

i have had a larger down for the past 5 weeks now. its still going at 12 degs c.
when i did my yeast i had no wyeast or saflager yeast so i used the yeast under the lid of a coopers heritage larger.
i have bumped it to 15 deg to see if i can kick it along a bit better cause i was told the yeasts in the lids aren't really ment to go down that far.
should i second ferment to finish it off?
its now showing 1.012, started around 1.048. and has been going for five weeks.

EDIT - sorry og1.040

any thoughts on what i should do?

Thanks Willis

 

[roverfj1200]

Sounds like its done. I would lift it up to say 18-20 deg for say 2 days to make sure its done then cold condition on the yeast cake for a week and keg or bottle from there.

Cheers

 

[daddywillwill]

but there is still heaps of bubbles in the hydrometer tube when i measure it?

and i fermenet in a fridge with a controller to keep it down to around the 10's for largering.

 

[roverfj1200]

CO2 bubbles in the hydrometer don't mean its not done, Just means its slightly carbed.

If your hydrometer readings are steady at 1012 over a few days its done.

I see you have edited the OG mmmmmmmm lift it to 20 deg for 2 days.

What is the recipe ?

I brew lagers at low temps to and 5 weeks is a long time most of mine are done at 2 to 3 weeks.

Cheers

 

[daddywillwill]

it was a carlsberg clone.
used
coopers heritage larger
#15 enhancer
BH Hallertau 10g
FH Hallertau 15g
yeast from can.

ok i'll bring it up its tastes alright. i'll bring it up for a few days then i'll bottle.

Thank you

 

[roverfj1200]

Lifting the temp will release some of the carb from your brew and make priming better if your only using carb drops or sugar with a priming measure.

Cheers

 

[daddywillwill]

sweet will do it with carb drops. less room for error.
Thanks
Willis

 

[peas_and_corn]

To rack, or not to rack: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous yeast haze,
Or to take arms against a sea of cloudiness,
And by opposing end them? To rack: to settle;
No more; and by settle to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That cloudy beer is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To drink, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of beer what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of trub,
The no-chill's wrong, the chiller's contumely,
The pangs of despised megaswill, the lag's delay,
The insolence of kits and the spurns
That patient merit of the AG takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a brew in a bag? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after beer,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native haze of protein
Is sicklied o'er with the pale malt of Wyermann,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their infections turn awry,
And lose the name of action. - Soft you now!
The racking Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.





Umm, what?

 

[jonocarroll]

To rack, or not to rack: that is the question: ....

Well done peas_and_corn.

 

[Adamt]

Great, I can't wait until I start writing my thesis and turn into a nutter!

Edit: Who am I kidding... I already am.

 

[bowie in space]

Peas n corn,

I am going to copy and frame that monologue. Then it's going straight to the pool room :icon_cheers:

Excellent work.

Bowie

 

[peas_and_corn]

I saw the title and I couldn't help myself, really

 

[daddywillwill]

atleast everyone here has a sense on humour.