Can I leave it a little longer...?

[brewawan]

I was wondering it I can leave my Apricot wheat ale in secondary for approx. 3-3.5 weeks. I haven't made it yet, but I will not be home during X-mas and after some future planning efforts, I won't be able to bottle the ale when I'm suppose to. Should I not even brew until I get back? I really don't want to wait. Could I have it sit in secondary a little longer and not have any bad side effects?

 

[rbridges01]

Typically Wheat beers dont go to secondary. Usually from primary to bottle.

 

[BierMuncher]

The extra time will do nothing but help the beer.

Rack it right to bottles when you get back.

 

[Yooper]

True, but it won't hurt it a bit, and will still help the beer ago. Normally I would say that's no problem (I routinely leave beers in the clearing vessel over a month) but I'm not sure about the "apricot" part. Is that fruit to be added in the secondary, or a flavor at bottling? If it's real fruit, then I would be hesitant to leave it for that long. If it's an extract flavor, no problem.

 

[Joker]

Brew whenever you have time. Beer is patient and will wait for you to return.