pericles
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I got a little sidetracked, and left my Squeeze My Lemon Summer Blonde in secondary for what's pushing 4 weeks now. . . is it still OK to bottle, and if so, is there any special procedure I should follow?
You're fine, and don't really need to do anything...that is what a secondary is for to bulk age and clear your beeer, some beers are secondaried or lagered for 6 or 12 months.
You may want to run your siphon once along the bottom of the secondary while racking to kick up enough yeast for carbonation, since a lot has settled out. But anything else, no...
You are fine.
People can say what they want about Charlie Papazian's methods, but RDWHAHB is the absolutely best advice out there, and it really answers just about every question like this.
That's why Revvy rarely asks questions, and frequently gives (no offence) roughly the same answer!
Just a thought...
As a final note on this subject, I should mention that by brewing with healthy yeast in a well-prepared wort, many experienced brewers, myself included, have been able to leave a beer in the primary fermenter for several months without any evidence of autolysis.
What was the temp?
You could just take the clear beer off the trub and add a little dry yeast with your priming sugar.
David
You really don't need to do that for a measly 4 weeks.....that only becomes a concern if you've been bulk aging something for 6 months or more...The yeasts aren't that sickly....
YEAST. Not yeasts.
I'm less anal about when people are talking about multiple strains now, but come on.
Is it bad to want to punch a reverend in the face?
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