Had to move beer in primaries 30 miles... any tips?

So I had a batch of Apfelwein and a batch of wheat fermenting in primaries. My life has been crazy busy due to having to move and I simply did not have enough time to bottle or keg these batches. They had been sitting in the primaries for almost 2 months and had settled out nicely. I removed the airlocks and plugged the carboys, gently moved them to the car, and strapped them in with plenty of padding around. They got shook up a little going over 2 sets of railroad tracks but made the trip fine otherwise.

My question is, should I do anything special to help them settle out again? Cold crash and rack? I didn't want to stir up all that trub but my hand was forced. I'm sure the beer is fine, just figured I'd ask for advice.

Let it clear before you rack / bottle.

That's all!

Eeeeeexcellent...

I'm in the same boat man, got to move, but not far. Got 6 gallons of mead and 3 gallons of cider in primary that need to move. I'm brewing a few beers at my parents place this weekend so they can have a stable environment

Don't forget the seat belts!

If you resisted the urge to sample and drive, ya did OK, then.

That is one big open container of alcohol in a moving vehicle. With my luck I would be pulled over.

Figured I would update as a service to any schmuck that happens to do the same. Quite simply... both batches ended up fine. RDWHAHB !!!

goodbyebluesky82 said:

That is one big open container of alcohol in a moving vehicle. With my luck I would be pulled over.

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I've had 85 empty beer bottles in my trunk before when I was stocking up on bottles. That would have been an open container nightmare.

Ichi-Go said:

I've had 85 empty beer bottles in my trunk before when I was stocking up on bottles. That would have been an open container nightmare.

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Trunks (or other non-passenger-areas) are generally exempt from open container laws.

that would be sweet to get pulled over with 2 carboy's of apfelwein and and several cases of empty bottles.

"don't mind me officer - I'm a homebrewer"

Yeah, trunk you arefine, had it been the bed of a pickup...an a$$hole cop would have made life miserable.