Today we racked the IPA into its new home: secondary fermentation. With fermentation being complete the beer is siphoned into a second carboy for another week in order to further condition and clear the beer. It is moved from the primary becuase if the beer sits on the yeast for too long the yeast can impart off flavors to the beer. The IPA will be in secondary for another week before it is bottled. We also siphoned off a taste for ourselves, and as you can see the beer looks much lighter in the glass than it does in the carboy. It has a very hoppy aroma and as of right now, it tastes decent. Once it is carbonated and chilled down it is going to be a pretty good IPA.
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