I am about to start some cask conditioning in our brewpub and have cobbled together from various threads the following procedure. I have some questions that I couldn't find answers to below. My procedure:
Questions:
Thanks for any advice.
- Clean/sanitize cask
- Fill with finished unfiltered beer from FV
- Add finings (biofine?) and gyle or wort or priming sugar
- Seal and leave in brewery for a week
- Move to cooler for another week
- Move to stillage/serving location morning of cask conditioned night
- Serve that night
Questions:
- What temp is the beer when you transfer from FV to cask? Is it crashed and you let it warm up, or is it just at diacetyl rest/ferment temp (68, for our ales)?
- Will biofine work if the cask is moved several times? Is it going to interfere with the secondary fermentation in any way (as opposed to isinglass, which apparently does not, but is not vegan)
- I have seen some people roll the cask around a couple times during the secondary ferment. Is that really necessary/common?
Thanks for any advice.
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