how long to age beer before bottling

[loofey]

how long can the beer sit in the secondary and still be primable for bottling?

 

[Revvy]

Up to a year without need to worry about adding more yeast.

 

[loofey]

great! i was wanting to age my present batch (2nd beer brew) much longer in the carboy but the recipie made it sound like you had to prime and bottle soon. i was wondering why and could only think that the yeast would die.
thanks.

 

[neldred]

Up to a year without need to worry about adding more yeast.

Is it ok if it's at room temp? I.E. 70-75 F?

 

[malnutriton]

One suggestion that I have when doing a high gravity brew that you plan on aging in secondary for a while is to add some rehidrated dry or liquid yeast to the bottling bucket. I use a high floc yeast like the Nottingham because it forms a tight cake and imparts little flavor to the final product...plus the beer is carbed up in like a week. This is how the big brewery in Chico CA does it so it must have some cred.