SlowDrains
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Is 6 weeks to long for beer to be in primary. My recipe calls for 1-2 weeks primary 2-4 secondary and I was thinking of skipping secondary.
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RandomBeerGuy
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No its fine you can do it either way rack it if thats what you want to do or leave it in primary.
SlowDrains
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It's a kit from NB it's the Irish Blonde
SlowDrains
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Cool thanks this is my second brew I have an amber ale that I'm bottling today or tommorow and try to hope its carbed up by Super Bowl
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Nope not too long......actually leaving it in the primary is safer.
SlowDrains
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patthebrewer said:
Yeah that was what I was thinking I transferred my first brew seemed like it stirred things up quite a bit
300RUM
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I would just do 3-4 weeks primary, 6 would be fine but I don't know if there's anything to gain
SlowDrains
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300RUM said:
I was just going with the long end cause everything I read on here says give it time
You only need to give things time if they're not quite right. If you don't have off-flavors and you don't have a big and/or complex beer that needs time to meld the flavors, waiting longer doesn't really get you much. Irish blonde should be great to bottle at 3 weeks.
SlowDrains
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gelatin said:
Sweet thanks
Looking at the NB recipe I don't really see the need for you to use a secondary for this beer. 3-4 weeks in the primary should be just fine. You can always try cold crashing for 24 hours to help improve the beer clarity instead of going to a secondary.
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