imperial stout racking to secondary?

[zorak1066]

almost done with wk 3 in primary on a russian imperial stout. estimated og around 1.09

after 3 weeks in primary, on racking to secondary how long would you age it before bottling? 1 mo? 2 ? more? or just bottle it and leave it set in the bottle?

was thinking on racking to secondary and trying to get as little headspace as I can... then use airlock or simply aluminum foil over fermenter top... let sit for a month then rack to bottles with a few grains of yeast to carbonate.

is this sound?

thanks

oh btw the danstar notty banana smell finally went away... fingers crossed it wont taste like it.

[Dawg LB Steve]

As long as you are sure it is @ FG, I would just go ahead and bottle it and let it age in the bottles for a couple months.

[Jon]

As long as you are sure it is @ FG, I would just go ahead and bottle it and let it age in the bottles for a couple months.

Yep, I'm with Steve on this.

Have you taken a gravity reading recently? On a big beer like RIS, it can take a while to get those last few gravity points down. I would probably just leave it in primary until it's done, then bottle.