age to long

[dwigbrew]

simple question can you age for to long? I have had a batch in the secondary going on 3 months. been real busy with work to find time to bottle can this beer go bad?

 

[HItransplant]

simple question can you age for to long? I have had a batch in the secondary going on 3 months. been real busy with work to find time to bottle can this beer go bad?

Sure it CAN go bad. But I wouldn't think 3 months is too long. Now, if you left too much headspace, racked sloppy, or exposed your beer to pathogens or sunlight during those 3 months, then yes. Otherwise it's like a big bottle. Taste a sample and see.

 

[Revvy]

It can't "go bad" just because you've left it in a secondary...it can go bad if it gets infected. But a beer can get infective whether it's one day in primary, or months in a secondary, it has nothign to do with the time in a vessel.

A secondary is traditonally used to bulk age beer and wines, so their supposed to be in there for a long time. I have a barleywine in secondary for a year, since it's not going to be drunk for 4 more years, till I turn 50, I'm really in no hurry to bottle it.

Your beer is going to ba amazingly clear and tasty when you are ready to drink it.

 

[HItransplant]

It can't "go bad" just because you've left it in a secondary..it [going bad] has nothign to do with the time in a vessel.
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thats what I was trying to say.

 

[rjwhite41]

It will be fine. I've lagered up to 9 months before and I've left an ale in the primary for 6 months. They were both very tasty. I'm not saying that longer is always better but you'll be fine.

 

[Revvy]

After talking about it, I had to pull a sample. It's one year anniversary of it's brewday was this week.

17.5% abv baby, and still needs some time to mellow.

 

[Squirrels]

Wow that looks great!

 

[stubbornman]

After talking about it, I had to pull a sample. It's one year anniversary of it's brewday was this week.

17.5% abv baby, and still needs some time to mellow.

Drool...