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General Category => Yeast and Fermentation => Topic started by: ANDREW.GROGAN1 on September 19, 2016, 11:51:23 PM
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I have a beer that hit 4 weeks in primary yesterday. Normally I would have kegged it but I ran out of time. I leave tomorrow for a 2 week work trip. Am I risking it leaving it in primary for 6 weeks?
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No
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No, be sure to package it when you get back and it should be fine.
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If it's a happy beer I would freshen it up with some more hops in the keg. Other than that no worries.
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The only thing I would be concerned about is if you primary is in a plastic bucket. You may get some oxidation.
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6 wks is fine in primary.
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6 wks is fine in primary.
Yep, even in buckets. Obviously keep enough water in the airlock, past that it's all good.
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Take it from the laziest brewer on Earth (that's me):
6 weeks is my absolute limit of how far I would take it in primary. 6 weeks + 1 day may start to give you off-flavors. Don't go for 7 weeks.
The effects are also indeed MUCH worse in plastic than they would be in glass. If you are fermenting it in plastic, get it out of there soon.
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It is in a 6 gallon better bottle carboy
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I generally wouldn't keep a beer in primary for a month but if you've gone four weeks then two weeks isn't going to be much of a difference.
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The only thing I would be concerned about is if you primary is in a plastic bucket. You may get some oxidation.
6 gallon plastic better bottle carboy
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