I would use half of it for bottling, then do a two-step starter with the other half and make beer with it. Be sure to stir the bottling bucket every now and then to keep the yeast in suspension.
I have a glass carboy…im gonna just put some sanitized foil over the top and remove the airlock. Sound good???
That will work
Use a three-piece airlock and the vacuum will pull the bobber down tight enough to keep the StarSan out.[/quote]
That is the only air lock I use. And it happens every single time.[/quote]
I stand corrected. racked a oktoberfest to secondary, and put in my kegerator to lager. It did not suck the starsan out.
Use a three-piece airlock and the vacuum will pull the bobber down tight enough to keep the StarSan out.[/quote]
Not in my experience. Still sucks almost all of the starsan into the carboy.
My M.O. is 2 weeks from kettle to keg, then another week to carbonate; for most ales. Two weeks on the yeast cake is plenty of time. But 3 or 4 doesn’t hurt either, just depends on how patient you are.
Of course you have to make sure the gravity is down to terminal gravity.
