Can you leave a beer at room temp to long?

[powerpunk5000]

Bottled a batch. Waited a few weeks tasted good. Forgot to ever move it to the fridge and tried it again maybe a month or 2 later its seems like its way over carberated now and i noticed some flakes that i never noticed when i tasted it before

 

[brewcat]

As far as carbonation, no. Possible infection unless you overprimed with sugar. Room temp will age beer faster so it is better to store cold to slow aging.

 

[RM-MN]

I don't know if you can store beer at room temp too long. My last bottle was drunk at only 2 years at room temp. That was a high gravity stout and it seemed to still be improving.

 

[r4dyce]

Bottled a batch. Waited a few weeks tasted good. Forgot to ever move it to the fridge and tried it again maybe a month or 2 later its seems like its way over carberated now and i noticed some flakes that i never noticed when i tasted it before

Did it taste the same besides the carbonation? Infection would typically leave a sour taste. Did you refrigerate the one you just tried? If it was still room temp or not enough time in the fridge the carbonation can leave the solution rapidly which typically foams up and leaves little carbonation behind.
Flakes could just be more material settling down. Do you still have notes on how much sugar you used , the type, and how much volume you actually packaged ?

 

[ESBrewer]

Flakes are not necessarily contaminants, could be some sort of permanent haze formation. Overcarbonation is probably because the fermentation was not finished at the time of bottling or there is too much priming sugar(/wort). Or because of a microbial contamination. If everything goes well, u can store at room temperature for a long time.

 

[TwistedGray]

To avoid confusion, you sanitized the bottles first, right? @powerpunk5000

 

[mmb]

Bottled a batch. Waited a few weeks tasted good. Forgot to ever move it to the fridge and tried it again maybe a month or 2 later its seems like its way over carberated now and i noticed some flakes that i never noticed when i tasted it before

Sounds like it was bottled before it reached final gravity. Primed and carbed properly but the yeast kept working on the residual sugars and longer chain sugars in the beer and over carbed as well as flocculated in the beer.

How long was it fermenting before bottling?

 

[powerpunk5000]

Sounds like it was bottled before it reached final gravity. Primed and carbed properly but the yeast kept working on the residual sugars and longer chain sugars in the beer and over carbed as well as flocculated in the beer

How long was it fermenting before bottling?

4 weeks for fermenting about. Everything was sanitized. No off taste to report. Although somone told me it had a chocolate taste which is weird cause it was a raspberry pale ale with brewers best flavoring

 

[mmb]

4 weeks for fermenting about. Everything was sanitized. No off taste to report. Although somone told me it had a chocolate taste which is weird cause it was a raspberry pale ale with brewers best flavoring

Folks taste all sorts of strange stuff in beer. *shrug*

Did you take a hydrometer reading before bottling?

 

[homebrewer_99]

I have a couple of Dubbels, Cherry Wheat beers that are over 8 years old and have never seen the inside of a fridge.

I also have 50+ bottles of assorted meads and ciders that are much older.

 

[TwistedGray]

@homebrewer_99 - It sounds like you should be involved in our Fellowship threads - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/forums/sampling-and-critiquing-and-beer-swapping.38/

 

[homebrewer_99]

@homebrewer_99 - It sounds like you should be involved in our Fellowship threads - https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/forums/sampling-and-critiquing-and-beer-swapping.38/

Thanks for the invite, but I have to decline.

Monterey Bay? Been there several times. The first time was at Ft. Ord for Basic Training in 1972. Second was at Presidio. Third was on vacation with my wife.

 

[TwistedGray]

Thanks for the invite, but I have to decline.

Monterey Bay? Been there several times. The first time was at Ft. Ord for Basic Training in 1972. Second was at Presidio. Third was on vacation with my wife.

Lovely area to call home

 

[homebrewer_99]

Lovely area to call home

It was very surreal the first time I went there. Not only the preparing to go to war part (which didn't happen), but the fact that I lived in Atlantic City, NJ. I was used to watching the sun rise from the sea...not go down into it.