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Date: 30 Sep 2006 03:43:58
From: kkociolek@pghmail.com
Subject: Racking to Secondary
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Is it ok to top off the carboy with boiled cooled water after racking
to the secondary? Or is this considered "stretching" the brew?
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Date: 30 Sep 2006 16:09:54
From: Brian
Subject: Re: Racking to Secondary
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You can, but unless you are trying to hit a specific gravity I wouldn't
recommend it.
"kkociolek@pghmail.com" <kkociolek8577@wowway.com > wrote in message
news:1159613038.748577.11710@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Is it ok to top off the carboy with boiled cooled water after racking
> to the secondary? Or is this considered "stretching" the brew?
>
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Date: 30 Sep 2006 11:12:12
From: Gerard Eberlein
Subject: Re: Racking to Secondary
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"kkociolek@pghmail.com" <kkociolek8577@wowway.com > wrote in message
news:1159613038.748577.11710@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Is it ok to top off the carboy with boiled cooled water after racking
> to the secondary? Or is this considered "stretching" the brew?
>
yes it would strestch the beer but it would be quite watered down depending
on how much water you have to add. Personally my brews tend to come up shy
of 5 gallons at bottling time but I prefer quality over quantity. Just my 2
cents.
Gerard
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Date: 30 Sep 2006 17:44:07
From: Scott Sellers
Subject: Re: Racking to Secondary
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kkociolek@pghmail.com <kkociolek8577@wowway.com >:
>Is it ok to top off the carboy with boiled cooled water after
>racking to the secondary? Or is this considered "stretching" the
>brew?
So far, I live with what I get, then try to adjust on the next
brew. I'm getting closer.
IIRC, some industrial breweries add water to finished beer.
My preference would be to add the water at the start of
fermentation. I think this is fairly common in home brewing, if
the wort is sweeter than planned and the brewer is trying to hit
a style.
For some reason, it seems more "kosher" to adjust original
gravity than final gravity.
cheers,
Scott S
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Scott Sellers
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Date: 02 Oct 2006 15:28:59
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: Racking to Secondary
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On 30 Sep 2006 03:43:58 -0700, <kkociolek8577@wowway.com > wrote:
> Is it ok to top off the carboy with boiled cooled water after racking
> to the secondary? Or is this considered "stretching" the brew?
You can, but why would you want to? You're just going to be watering
down a perfectly good beer (unless you never had enough water in the
first place).
John.
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