Long primary...

[gone_fishing]

Long story short... a month+ in primary. Just added fruit (blackberries and kiwi) tonight and racked to secondary. Did not taste it, but the smell was ok, so here's hoping! Concerns I maybe should have?

[Otis_The_Drunk]

The worse thing that could happen is that you may have a yeasty flavor in the background from yeast that went dormant.

Relax, don't worry, you know the rest.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by gone_fishing
Long story short... a month+ in primary. Just added fruit (blackberries and kiwi) tonight and racked to secondary. Did not taste it, but the smell was ok, so here's hoping! Concerns I maybe should have?

autolysis would be the only thing to worry about in a long primary. From what I've read, if you had autolysis, you'd KNOW it. Since everything smelled OK, RDWAHAHB

[Otis_The_Drunk]

What Hogie said

[markaberrant]

From what I've read, you can leave it in the primary for quite a long time before autolysis sets in. My personal preference is 3 weeks max, just to be cautious, but you should be fine.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by markaberrant
From what I've read, you can leave it in the primary for quite a long time before autolysis sets in.

You CAN leave it for a long time, but autolysis COULD happen in a week. However, with healthy yeast, you don't need to worry too much