Beer Moving Day

Today I moved the RIS from secondary to the keg.  Had a bit of an emergency; when I pressurized the keg, the pressure relief valve was leaking.  I turned it a bit and it stopped, but when I jostled the keg, it started again.  So I took the valve off and flipped the seal over to the side that is flat, the original side had worn down.  Voila.  No more leaking.

Cleaned out the carboy, and moved the Belgian to secondary.  Measured FG at 1.020.  Exactly what the recipe says in Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them  That gives it an ABV of 8.9%.

Tasted it and it is a bit harsh, kind of like the stout, and it has a lot of settling to do, very cloudy.  So we'll let it sit for a while and see how it goes.

For Jason, here's how to move your beer from one vessel to another.
Fill your racking cane completely with water and about a foot of the tubing after the curve of the cane.  Put your finger over the end of the tube and quickly invert the cane and insert into beer.  Take your finger off the end and let the beer start flowing.  I usually drain the water that was in the tubing into a cup and then put the tubing into the next vessel.


Sorry about the lighting, kind of dim today in the kitchen.