rjdunlap2
Active Member
I Brewed 7 Days Ago Today Tuesday And In The Start My Airlock Was Bubbling Like Crazy And Now It Is Only Bubbling Once Every 2 Min Or So Is It Close And How Do I Know For Sure
well, mind you from my knowledge correct me if I am wrong, but leaving it in for more than 4+ weeks can have negative effects as the yeast will begin to cannibalize its self.
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.
Leaving an ale beer in the primary fermentor for a total of 2-3 weeks (instead of just the one week most kits recommend), will provide time for the conditioning reactions and improve the beer. This extra time will also let more sediment settle out before bottling, resulting in a clearer beer and easier pouring. And, three weeks in the primary fermentor is usually not enough time for off-flavors to occur.
I believe in the september 2009 issue of Brew Your Own they presented some "research" where people racked half of their beer and left the other half in the primary. After so many weeks they sampled the beer and almost everyone decided that there was no difference (or the beer left longer in the primary tasted better!).
I believe in the september 2009 issue of Brew Your Own they presented some "research" where people racked half of their beer and left the other half in the primary. After so many weeks they sampled the beer and almost everyone decided that there was no difference (or the beer left longer in the primary tasted better!).
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