If I left a Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome 5 weeks on the primary would that cause me problems. I'm trying to juggle my free time, but I don't want to ruin the beer.
There are several people on this site who have left there beer in the primary for that long with no adverse effects...I however choose to follow Palmers recommendation and not leave a beer for long than 3 weeks.
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter8-2-3.html
FYI, Palmer is much more circumspect about this in the 3rd edition. I don't have it with me, so I can't quote it exactly... but I am pretty sure that "secondary fermentation is beneficial to nearly all beer styles" does not appear in the latest print edition.
IIRC, on an episode of the Basic Brewing podcast he talked about longer primaries and said that while he still prefers his suggested method, common wisdom is changing and it doesn't appear longer primaries do any harm at homebrewing levels.
FYI, Palmer is much more circumspect about this in the 3rd edition. I don't have it with me, so I can't quote it exactly... but I am pretty sure that "secondary fermentation is beneficial to nearly all beer styles" does not appear in the latest print edition.
I thought the stock answer here was to primary for 6 months so the yeast will clean up after themselves and make awesome beer?![]()
I thought the stock answer here was to primary for 6 months so the yeast will clean up after themselves and make awesome beer?
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FYI, Palmer is much more circumspect about this in the 3rd edition. I don't have it with me, so I can't quote it exactly... but I am pretty sure that "secondary fermentation is beneficial to nearly all beer styles" does not appear in the latest print edition.
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