Leaving my beer in secondary for almost 2 months

[sbharrison]

Alright so I am making a wheat beer with orange and coriander and have just put it into my primary bucket tonight. After 1 week in the primary I will move to a secondary carboy and will be gone for 1.5 to 2 months, wondering if the yeast will be fine for bottle carbonating when I get back. Will the yeast become active again when I feed it some more bottling dextrose?

 

[billl]

The yeast will likely be fine, but they might take longer to carb up than usual. If you are really concerned, you could just add a bit of fresh yeast as insurance.

 

[Brulosopher]

I'd just leave it in primary the whole time, you'll be just fine. Cheers!


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[rwyant]

Wouldn't letting it sit cause off flavors from the sediment in the fermenter?

 

[nate191]

The flocculation of hefeweizen yeasts tends to be very very very slow, so i would guess you should be the least concerned with bottle conditioning issues with this brew than others.

 

[RM-MN]

Wouldn't letting it sit cause off flavors from the sediment in the fermenter?

It didn't with my beer that I left for 9 weeks in the primary. In fact, that turned out to be one of the better beers I have made.

 

[therainmaker]

It didn't with my beer that I left for 9 weeks in the primary. In fact, that turned out to be one of the better beers I have made.

I've gone 14 weeks in primary, never racking it over and it's been my best beer thus far.

 

[rwyant]

Fair enough...

 

[sbharrison]

Hmm interesting, perhaps than I may lay down a bonus batch and leave it in the primary the time I am gone and let it age in there.

 

[ob_1jr]

I had a wheat beer that was left in the secondary for nearly 5 months...no issues with carbing up and it tasted great. Raspberry puree was added about a month into the secondary. Although, I didn't use a hefeweizen yeast with that kit. US-05 is what came with it and it was good. That was the first batch I brewed with the help of a friend. Life got busy and we weren't able to bottle when we wanted to.

 

[sbharrison]

Good to know