Transporting wort

[Matty22]

I have a 5 gallon batch of wort fermenting that I will need to transport with me from West Virginia to Michigan this week. Today marks 1 week since brew day so it's nowhere near ready to be bottled for easier carrying. Right now it's in a 6.5 gallon glass carboy.

My plan is to rack it into a 5 gallon plastic bucket to carry it that way. Will the wort be ok on a long car ride like this? I know it isn't ideal, but I don't think I'll be back here in time for bottling day in a few weeks. Should I just leave it here and have it in a secondary fermenter for a few extra weeks or should I carry it with me and take my bottling equipment along as well to bottle it?

 

[Sean]

I would leave it. Make sure your airlock is full, or use a tube in a container of water so it doesn't go dry while you're gone. A couple extra months in the fermentor is not going to do any harm, and you will probably find it helps.

 

[ndsgr]

Maybe some have, but I would never travel with fermenting wort for fear of oxidation of splashing around.

I would just leave in the primary fermenter and bottle when you get a chance, trusting the temperatures aren't going to be crazy while you're gone. I've left beer in primary for over a month with no problems.

If you're dead set on secondary, then I'd do the same thing. Rack it, leave it.

 

[TwoDollarBill]

I say leave it... I left WV for a month (june) with the AC off, just left my brews a' brewing, and everything was peachy when I got back. Bottled it up, and good to go!

 

[onipar]

How long will you be gone? I'd also leave it. It's more trouble than it's worth trying to transport it with you and all.

 

[Matty22]

Roger that, I'll just leave it then. Thanks for the responses.