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Offline Honyok

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Do I NEED to Rack my Porter to Secondary?
« on: June 20, 2018, 12:31:06 pm »
I brewed up a Brewer's Best Robust Porter extract kit 2 1/2 weeks ago. Normally, I rack my beers to secondary after 2 weeks, but am a bit late.  So far, every beer I've made has been racked to secondary. Is it necessary to rack a Porter to secondary, or even, at all?  Thanks.

Offline jtoots

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Re: Do I NEED to Rack my Porter to Secondary?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2018, 12:37:41 pm »
Simple. Nope! Cheers :)

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Re: Do I NEED to Rack my Porter to Secondary?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2018, 01:33:35 pm »
You don't really need to rack 99% of your beers to secondary.  Here's what John Palmer had to say....https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=15108.msg191642#msg191642
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Offline Honyok

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Re: Do I NEED to Rack my Porter to Secondary?
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2018, 11:58:06 am »
Thanks!  I'll let it sit in primary for another 1-1/2 weeks, then keg.