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Will it affect the taste of the beer using such a large fermenter as a secondary?

I know its a pretty stupid question, but i was just thinking about all the room left and the amount of air that would be in it... would it affect the beer at all?

If the headspace is a concern, and you can't push some CO2 into the headspace, why not add 100g of dextrose to the beer when you rack it and the yeast in solution should chew through that and add some CO2 to the headspace. If you are only using the secondary for a relatively short period of time, I don't think you'll be overly oxidising the beer as long as you minimise foaming when you rack the beer.

Cheers,
TL

I was going to use it for 5 days... i'll do the dex thing and see how it goes.

Cheers TL