Max time in the secondary

[Lanfox]

Hey I don't have any Bottles, and will not have a free keg by the time my beer should be done, can I just keep it in the Secondary until I free up a Keg? Or will the Beer dry out like my cider.

 

[ifishsum]

Yes, keeping it in secondary longer is fine - beneficial in most cases actually. It shouldn't dry out any more than normal just because it aged a couple of weeks. Cider comes out dry because it's more fermentable than beer wort.

 

[Lanfox]

thanks. The cider is going fast anyway, ill have the keg drained and clean by the end of the month

 

[Munsoned]

I know some folks will secondary for many months (up to a year for really high gravity stuff). It shouldn't hurt anything keeping it there until you have the keg space freed up.