Torchiest
Well-Known Member
Okay, I've been WAY out of the brewing scene ever since my wife had our first child on Superbowl Sunday. The last batch I brewed was a couple weeks before he was born, and I FINALLY today am transferring it to a keg. The original gravity was 1.066. Today, I checked it, and it's 1.012. 7% ABV. It's a Belgian Porter.
I wanted to post this because everyone worries about nasty flavors from dying yeast, but I'm here to say that fear is extremely overblown. I left this thing completed untended in primary for 139 days, and it tastes awesome. While 1.066 OG is fairly strong, it's nothing that crazy, and when I checked the gravity a few months ago, it was already down to 1.013, so it's done very little additional fermentation in the meantime.
Anyway, point is, you can leave a beer safely in primary for months without worrying about dead yeast. Just thought people would be interested in hearing about my experience, as it was a good one. And now I finally get keg beer again. The next step is to figure out how to brew beer while holding a four month old baby. :rockin:
I wanted to post this because everyone worries about nasty flavors from dying yeast, but I'm here to say that fear is extremely overblown. I left this thing completed untended in primary for 139 days, and it tastes awesome. While 1.066 OG is fairly strong, it's nothing that crazy, and when I checked the gravity a few months ago, it was already down to 1.013, so it's done very little additional fermentation in the meantime.
Anyway, point is, you can leave a beer safely in primary for months without worrying about dead yeast. Just thought people would be interested in hearing about my experience, as it was a good one. And now I finally get keg beer again. The next step is to figure out how to brew beer while holding a four month old baby. :rockin: