I'm not sure I get it

[Jaffa]

I'm leaving my nelsons revenge in the FV untill the gravity stalls hopefully at about 1.014 ish, then adding it to the barrel with some suger/dex for a second ferment, if all the yeast is spent (because the fermentation has stopped) what will happen to the suger?

 

[31bb3]

you still have yeast in suspension when you rack the beer off into the barrel you will prime with sugar and the yeast will then start a scondary fermentation giving you the head

 

[Wez]

The yeast is spent because it has run out of fermentable sugar - think of it as going to sleep as there is nothing left to eat.

Then when you transfer it and give it a little more food, it wakes up and eats that, this is what gives you your carbonation because you are trapping the c02 it gives off in a sealed vessel, it absorbs it rather that it bubbling out of an airlock.

 

[snail59]

think of it as going to sleep as there is nothing left to eat.

give it a little more food, it wakes up and eats that,

No Wez thats called THE WIFE :rofl:

 

[Wez]

think of it as going to sleep as there is nothing left to eat.

give it a little more food, it wakes up and eats that,

No Wez thats called THE WIFE :rofl:

:nono: :rofl:

 

[graysalchemy]

Then they fart methonating the duvet. :rofl:

 

[Jaffa]

Ahh sleeping not dead... I gets it now :-)