So I broke a thermometer in a batch 2 weeks ago. Luckily the inner part of the thermometer didn’t break, just the outer glass. So I transferred it to the secondary after fermentation and strained it through a cheese cloth to remove and glass that may have possibly been siphoned. I’m very new to brewing so traditionally my beer in my secondary looks like this:
This was a batch done about a week ago
But the beer that I siphoned through the cheese cloth have zero activity, no bubbles, nothing
“Secondary fermentation” is a deceiving term. The beer isn’t supposed to ferment in the secondary unless you add more sugars. It’s more of a conditioning vessel.
the activity you saw in previous batches was probably just co2 off-gassing
^Yup. That being said, I’d be more concerned about the headspace. If you ever dry hop or rack on top of any kind of secondary addition you’re going to have major blowoff and probably lose a substantial amount of brew.
“rack” is a brewers term, for moving beer from one vessel into another. When he says “rack onto” he means: if you put hops or fruit in your secondary, and added the beer ontop of them. the very little headspace you have + added hops or fruit would cause an overflow, or loss of some beer.
But if youre not adding hops, or fruit. you have nothing to worry about. Everything looks good to me, hope it’s good
:cheers:
“Secondary fermentation” is a deceiving term. The beer isn’t supposed to ferment in the secondary unless you add more sugars. It’s more of a conditioning vessel.
the activity you saw in previous batches was probably just co2 off-gassing[/quote]
+1 you said you strained the beer though cheesecloth witch would degas the co2 from the beer.
I leave my beers in primary for a pretty long time with the hope that fermentation is complete and the yeast settles a bit. Because of that, once the beer goes to secondary, I expect ZERO activity. I expect clear, flat beer. I occasionally see tiny bubbles rising in the secondary which is rarely a concern. It could be the last few ticks of fermentation taking place and it could also be an infection… not trying to scare you just trying to cover all the bases. If I see that small activity start and then stop, I assume it’s good. If I see it continue, get more vigorous or see the clear/clearish beer start to haze up, I get concerned.
