Brown ale

[henson]

I've heard that the longer I leave my brown ale in primary , the better it will be. Any suggestions

 

[Hopper5000]

There's a lot of factors in fermentation but on smaller gravity beers like below 6% two weeks is my norm. On bigger beers more like 3 to 4. Leaving it on the yeast cake a little longer helps the yeast clean up some of the impurities and potential off flavors it produced while actively fermenting. What's your usual proceedure?

 

[Yooper]

I've heard that the longer I leave my brown ale in primary , the better it will be. Any suggestions

Well, I don't know if "longer I leave my brown ale in primary, the better it will be" is necessarily true- I mean, how long is "longer"?

Within reason, though, that generally would hold true. I'd leave in primary for 2 weeks or so before bottling.

 

[henson]

I usually leave it in primary for two weeks then keg it. I don't even use secondary anymore

 

[Hopper5000]

2 weeks sounds fine, like yooper said I dunno if it will get "better" the longer it sits with you leaving it in promary for 2 weeks anyways...

 

[Beer-lord]

I just kegged a Slobber a few weeks ago (it's a type of brown ale) and did a primary for 3 weeks then into the keg for 2 and then the kegerator for 1 more week. It was good but 2 weeks more and it's perfect. 2-3 weeks should be fine but you'll want to let it condition at least 2 weeks IMO before drinking.