jkenvere
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I started 2 kits, One is a Brew House Red Ale , the other a can of Coopers Real Ale. I started them on July 4th and the 6th. I racked both into 23l glass carbouys after 3 days and the SG dropped to 1.020 as per the instructions supplied from Spagnols. They are sitting in a room at 65-70 f slowly clearing with very few bubbles and about 3/4" sediment on bottom. I have been reading John Palmers on line book and he recomends Racking over to secondary to condition the beer in it's last couple of weeks. But what I'm not clear about, is how long should beer sit from start ( pitching yeast) to finish ( bottling) I am going away and won't be back untill Aug 6. My insticts tell me not to bottle early, this weekend is only 2 weeks, but if I leave it then I'm looking at 4 weeks. Is that to long? If I do leave it should I rack it to a secondary to get it off the dead yeast etc. DO I need to keep it real cold? I could take it to a walk in cooler, but that would be a bumpy ride.