How long can i keep this lager in the fridge...

I'm sure the answer is indefinintly (maybe) but here is the deal

I was planning on bottling my Irish red lager this weekend, but ran out of bottles. I know that I am getting a kegerator setup for christmas. Can I just wait to keg my lager instead of bottling it? It has been in the fridge since September 28th (12 days for primary, rest for lagering) Is that too long, or the longer the better?

anyone? I think this is the longest it has taken anyone to reply!

Marzen (Oktoberfest) bier is brewed in March and drunk in September.

As long as it is off the trub I am certain it'll wait until Christmas.

I've had lager in a carboy for over 90 days.

Just leave it there. It's not going to hurt anything whether it ages where it is or in bottles. Make sure it's off the primary yeast/trub cake, though.

aekdbbop said:

anyone? I think this is the longest it has taken anyone to reply!

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I guess we were waiting for the day to say......nnnnnow is too long.

yep, its off the trub crap, it has been racked to the secondary after the first 12 days..

This will make my woman happy, to have this IRL on tap...

thanks as always for your great help guys...


p.s. olllllo

i dont get it...

aekdbbop said:

p.s. olllllo
i dont get it...

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Instead of saying "you must do x on y day", we were just going to wait for y day to come and THEN post.

It was late and my drugs finally kicked in.

olllllo said:

Instead of saying "you must do x on y day", we were just going to wait for y day to come and THEN post.

It was late and my drugs finally kicked in.

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ha, i gotcha..

sorry about your drug problem.

aekdbbop said:

sorry about your drug problem.

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That was a joke too

haha, so was mine..

Well, I looked at it, and in the secondary, there is yeast that has settled out.. And also on the bottom is my dropped bung (damnit)... So even with that secondary yeast cake, it should be ok for another month or so?