Hey guys, I've asked a question like this in the past, but then it was a question about leaving in the secondary. Today I'm asking about leaving it in the primary.
I wouldn't have worried about this if I hadn't just been reading The Complete Joy and came across a part that said that I should get the beer off the sediment for conditioning because the sediment starts to break down after about 2 weeks and put some off flavors into the brew.
So here is the deal, I want to get a brew going before I take off to Africa this friday. I'll be gone for a full 17 days. I wanted to get the beer fermenting 2 days before so I can check on it over the next day. So that would put the beer in the primary for something like 20 days. At that point, when I get home, I was going to pop it over to a secondary to condition for another 2 weeks or so.
No big deal? or should I give a fellow homebrewer a key and have him rack it off the sediment while I'm away?
Thanks guys.
I wouldn't have worried about this if I hadn't just been reading The Complete Joy and came across a part that said that I should get the beer off the sediment for conditioning because the sediment starts to break down after about 2 weeks and put some off flavors into the brew.
So here is the deal, I want to get a brew going before I take off to Africa this friday. I'll be gone for a full 17 days. I wanted to get the beer fermenting 2 days before so I can check on it over the next day. So that would put the beer in the primary for something like 20 days. At that point, when I get home, I was going to pop it over to a secondary to condition for another 2 weeks or so.
No big deal? or should I give a fellow homebrewer a key and have him rack it off the sediment while I'm away?
Thanks guys.