When to rack Meads or Cyser into the secondary?!
I brew beer and generaly rack beers into the secondary after 7 days !.How long should I let a cyser ferment before racking into the secondary!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
When Hydrometer readings are stable over a couple days it's okay to rack to secondary!. I let my beers go for up to three weeks in primary, but usually two (I aim for two, but if I get lazy, I'll leave it)!. Two weeks will give the yeast cake some extra time to clean up the byproducts of fermentation (think secondary in the primary fermenter), and there is no reason to worry about any off flavors from the yeast in that short of a time!. I find this way my beers are ready to drink a bit faster!. I realize this is a cyser, but fermentation is fermentation!. If it is a higher gravity cyser, then longer would be a bit better!.
If you would rather rack at 7-10 days, that should be fine too, just as long as visible fermentation activity has slowed to a crawl!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you would rather rack at 7-10 days, that should be fine too, just as long as visible fermentation activity has slowed to a crawl!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Once it's pretty clear, which is usually around 3 months (but it depends on what kind of yeast you used, how much sugar, ambient temperature, etc)!.
EDIT: if you were thinking about taking these guys' advice, I suggest thinking again!. Mead is more like wine than beer!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
EDIT: if you were thinking about taking these guys' advice, I suggest thinking again!. Mead is more like wine than beer!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If your primary is plastic, I would rack to a glass secondary in no more than two weeks!. And then be ver-r-r-r-r-r-y patient!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
