Sorghum and an IPA

Clinton Ebadi clinton at unknownlamer.org
Sun Jan 22 02:49:28 EST 2012


Steve Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com> writes:

> Today it's been a week, and SG is 1.025 @ 64F. Will it continue to ferment out if I rack it into secondary? Maybe try to intentionally suck up some extra yeasties? Trying to
> RDWHAHB (drinking my last porter, which held up amazingly well).

No, it will not.

Do not rack. You will ruin the beer. Secondary is pointless unless you
are aging the beer for 3+ months. Do not pass go.

> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Steve Killen <steven.f.killen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Greetings,
>    
>     So the sorghum is probably wrapping up primary fermentation. I haven't yet taken a gravity sample, so that's needed. Quite a few yeasties were generated in the process, so
>     I'm cooking up an IPA (on the low end, only 54 IBUs for 1.055) and this weekend I'll rack the sorghum into the 3 gallon fermenter and put the IPA in the big boy.
>    
>     I hope y'all are well!
>    
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