Brew in fermenter for 2.5 month

[overseasbrewer]

I have a beer in the primary for 2.5 months. Is this still good? And if so how to continue.

 

[beergolf]

It is fine. Bottle it up.

 

[Brew_Meister_General]

I have a beer in the primary for 2.5 months. Is this still good? And if so how to continue.

You will almost definitely have to pitch some fresh yeast for the carbonation process, I wouldn't know how much to be honest.

 

[beergolf]

No extra yeast required. Just bottle it up. i have done many Belgians that have been in fermenters longer than that, plus they were pretty high gravity and they carbed up just fine.

 

[Oventoasted]

no way!? thats insane, haha. those little yeasts are tough!

 

[RM-MN]

I think it will be ruined so bottle it up and send it to me for disposal. I'm sure I have a safe place to put it.

 

[bobeer]

Bottle it up! I've left beer on oak chips in the primary for half a year and it bottled, carbed, and tasted fine. Gopher it.

 

[CHansen6]

You'll be fine. I've neglected beers so badly, child protective services would have been called if my beers were slightly more sentient. I had a nut brown do a 9+ month primary, and exhibited sure signs of autolysis. There was heavy acetaldehyde, amongst other off flavors. Being a british ale, it wasn't totally out of place, but overboard. I decided to bottle it anyway, making sure to suck up at least some of the yeast sediment to give it some hope. It carbonated slow (~8-10 weeks), but eventually got there. The yeast even cleaned up all of it's fallen brethren's mess, and returned it to a fairly respectably tasting brew.

Coincidentally, I bottled them with DME for the first time ever, as I was out of corn sugar. This is known to bottle carbonate slower as-is. I've kind of wondered if the extra nutrients provided by the DME was enough to reinvigorate and strengthen the yeast to help eat up the acetaldehyde and off flavors.

 

[C-Rider]

Today I just bottle an American Imperial Stout that was in the primary for 7 weeks. No worry, have a cold one.

 

[RevA]

Bottle it and let us know how it tasted!

 

[madscientist451]

I'd taste it before bottling to see what you have. Its probably fine, but I still like to know what I'm working with. If it is a hoppy beer and some of the hop character has faded, you could still dry hop, for example.