Sorghum and an IPA

[Steve Killen]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Clinton Ebadi <clinton at unknownlamer.org>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
I figured as much; was hoping against hope. It just means I can't brew my
stovetop IPA yet. :) I think it might have been down near the 'too-cold'
mark, because after gently swirling the fermenter and letting it get up to
64F there's definite churning. I'll check the gravity again in a week.



> > 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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