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DYNOMANN1
02-20-2005, 01:36 AM
CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR BEER IN THE PRIMARY TOO LONG?
I WAS SO BUSY I JUST COULD NOT GET IT TO THE SECONDARY
Tweek
02-20-2005, 01:43 AM
anything past 2 days and your screwed. if it has been longer than that you should just pour it out. :p
Tweek
02-20-2005, 01:46 AM
Im kidding damnit. It depends on the deer your maiking. I have had beers in primary for several weeks and they have been great. my guess is that if it hasnt been months you are in good shape.
BluesHarp
02-20-2005, 01:47 AM
How long has it been? Many people never rack to secondary; the beer sits in primary right up to bottling day.

Secondary does help to create a cleaner tasting beer and eliminate the chances of off flavors from the trub.

bottom line....the beer will most likely be fine.

Tweek...you tryin' to scare the poor guy??...:D
Tweek
02-20-2005, 01:50 AM
Originally posted by BluesHarp


Tweek...you tryin' to scare the poor guy??...:D


who me?
DYNOMANN1
02-20-2005, 02:21 AM
NOT SCARED JUST A ROOKIE WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS,
JUST RACKED TO SECONDARY
HAVIN FUN THANX
ray m
02-20-2005, 10:09 AM
Welcome to the obsession, Dynoman. This board has lots of helpful folks here, and please don't hesitate to ask any questions when the need arises.

When I first started to brew, I didn't do 2ndary fermentations so the brew was in primary for average 7 to 8 days. All was fine. Despite all the horrors you read about what can happen to a batch of beer, it's actually very hard to screw up a batch. You actually have to really put a concerted, intentional effort into it to mess it up.:)
banjolawyer
09-15-2005, 03:09 PM
I did a cream ale two weeks ago, and thought for sure that it would only take a week to ferment (being low gravity). I checked in on it every now and then for a week and eventually noticed it stopped bubbling. (Great.. I thought) So I didn't check on it again until a week later when I finally got time to keg it.

A week later I finally got around to getting a keg and a hose sanitized to do the transfer. When I opened the frige, I noticed it it was bubbling about every 10 seconds. I thought about leaving it alone, but since I already had the keg cleaned up and was in the "mode," I went ahead and kegged it.

Do you think I made a mistake? Should I have just left it alone for another week? Three weeks seems like a long time for a cream ale.