Racking Beer

Time for more beer info! Tonight I took a little bit of time and racked my batch of beer to a glass secondary. I plan to leave it there until at least the 14th and then bottle it. I might leave it for another week. Below are a couple of images from racking night.

This first image shows the empty (almost) primary fermenter with a little bit of beer left in it. The rest of the gunk is spent yeasts and hops.
Primary fermenter gunk - beer, yeast and hops

The image below shows the glass secondary once racking was completed. This carboy holds 6.5 gallons and the batch of beer is 5 gallons - hence the extra headspace.

Primary fermenter gunk - beer, yeast and hops

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