con sarn it, not another one!!

sam · Post by **sam** » Sunday Dec 03, 2006 8:18 am

Sorry guys, just a quick question on racking. i have researched it a bit on different internet sites, incluiding this one, but when you rack the beer, do you have to leave it in the second fermenter for anyamount of time?? or once it is in there, can you bulk prime it and bottle it.
cheers, Sam.

mikey · Post by **mikey** » Sunday Dec 03, 2006 8:57 am

Leave it for one to two weeks. One purpose of racking is to eliminate most of the floaties.

You need to let it sit after racking so everything that came trough from the primary fermenter settles to the bottom and you get a clearer beer.

Racking and then bottling straight away will leave you probably leave you with a beer ful of yeast and sediment.

The other purpose of racking is to help age the beer more quickly by letting it sit unfermented in secondary.

BierMeister · Post by **BierMeister** » Sunday Dec 03, 2006 8:14 pm

You can rack and then bulk prime straight up. I would just leave it in the primary for two to three weeks first to settle and condition if you do. I personally rack to a secondary after one or two in primary and wait two to three, but its a personal choice and others do different. Most common seems to be 7 days primary and 7 days secondary and then bulk prime.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Thursday Dec 07, 2006 11:01 am

What does "con sar it" mean???

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Friday Dec 08, 2006 1:52 pm

Chris wrote:What does "con sar it" mean???

It doesn`t mean anything- he said "con sarn it".

timmy · Post by **timmy** » Friday Dec 08, 2006 2:49 pm

I believe it's grizzled 1830's prospector language.

(It's an obscure Simpsons reference)

Pale_Ale · Post by **Pale_Ale** » Friday Dec 08, 2006 2:54 pm

I believe it is used to express frustration i.e God damn it

drsmurto · Post by **drsmurto** » Friday Dec 08, 2006 3:00 pm

could easily replace with dag nab it!

Gotta love the simpsons refs!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday Dec 11, 2006 9:22 am

I already knew what 'con sarn it' meant, I just wanted to know what 'con sar it' meant. Anyone?

N.C. · Post by **N.C.** » Monday Dec 11, 2006 9:32 am

you'll find the term "consarn it" in frequent use in old donald duck comics, particularly where uncle scrooge is involved...

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Monday Dec 11, 2006 9:34 am

The things you learn when making beer...

ryan · Post by **ryan** » Monday Dec 11, 2006 12:20 pm

Chris wrote:I already knew what 'con sarn it' meant, I just wanted to know what 'con sar it' meant. Anyone?

yes of course you already knew.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tuesday Dec 12, 2006 9:37 am

No really...

Well I did AFTER I was told.