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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: beire79 on November 11, 2015, 11:02:16 PM

Title: Euro coopers lager
Post by: beire79 on November 11, 2015, 11:02:16 PM
I'm new to brewing and have never racked a beer before.i have a european coopers lager fermenting for the past wk at 15 deg I'm just wondering when to change to secondary fermenter or will I leave it in the original fermenter for the whole duration. I've read about off tastes etc if left in original any advice be great cheers
Title: Re: Euro coopers lager
Post by: Drum on November 12, 2015, 12:07:40 AM
Take a gravity reading and see how far along your fermentation is. when sg is the same for 3 days its done fermenting but give it a few more days for the yeast to drop (or cold crash if you have a fridge). I leave most beers around 3 weeks, 2 at minimum then bottle
Title: Re: Euro coopers lager
Post by: beire79 on November 12, 2015, 05:07:36 PM
Cheers drum!!
Title: Re: Euro coopers lager
Post by: LordEoin on November 12, 2015, 05:52:00 PM
Yeah, you'll be fine in primary :)