SoFlaBrewer
Active Member
I just brewed an all-grain porter(my 2nd all-grain batch) and need some advice on whether to leave it in the primary or rack to secondary.
Without starting a much debated topic of primary vs secondary, here is the issue. The beer has been in the primary for almost a week already. Initial fermentation was awesome, the most violent I've ever seen. After 4 days I took a gravity reading and got 1.023. I know it still has a way to go. I am going on vacation which means the wort will be on the yeast for about 5 weeks total. Is this too long? The OG was 1.060. This is the biggest beer for me to date and I really don't want to mess this up.
So.... should I just leave it?
Without starting a much debated topic of primary vs secondary, here is the issue. The beer has been in the primary for almost a week already. Initial fermentation was awesome, the most violent I've ever seen. After 4 days I took a gravity reading and got 1.023. I know it still has a way to go. I am going on vacation which means the wort will be on the yeast for about 5 weeks total. Is this too long? The OG was 1.060. This is the biggest beer for me to date and I really don't want to mess this up.
So.... should I just leave it?