{"id":240,"date":"2010-03-04T06:55:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T06:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2023-07-14T18:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:46:43","slug":"making-beer-at-home-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/making-beer-at-home-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Making beer at home: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we&#8217;re going to follow up to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/making-beer-at-home-part-1\/\">Part 1<\/a> of my home-brewing series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next step takes place about 5 days after part 1. We&#8217;re going to begin &#8220;secondary fermentation,&#8221; aka putting our beer into a different container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As always, the real first step is to sanitize everything. So my glass carboy (jug) gets sanitized with iodine and rinsed out. The same thing happens to a rubber stopper, a hose, and an airlock. This is about 10 minutes of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/4399719201\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2678\/4399719201_24c470d47f.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1015\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next step: transferring the beer into a new container. All we do is plug in a hose and let gravity do the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/4399773859\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4008\/4399773859_975fbd1056.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1023\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/4399789199\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2715\/4399789199_15df32b6be.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1032\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that our beer is moved, we plug up the glass carboy and cram in an airlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/4399807325\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2746\/4399807325_7927261fe4.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1043\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/4399817383\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4399817383_376c813278.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1049\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it, we&#8217;re done with setting up our secondary fermentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re paying attention, you&#8217;re no doubt wondering why we changed containers. 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