I got lazy and still haven't bottled my IPA and I got a question

[kstatemallards]

First off, yes I'm retarded for not bottling this earlier. My beer has been sitting in the carboy for about 10 weeks. Its a Dogfish Head IPA.

Will it still be ok to bottle or should I dump it and make a new batch? I know I will lose alot of the hoppy flavor.

Hopefully I don't do this again

 

[Nugent]

All things being equal, it should be just fine. I just bottled a tripel that was conditioning for three months. It's fantastic.

 

[johnnybrew]

I wouldn't worry and would definitely not toss it! I don't even know that you will lose a lot of the hop nose (you may lose some; but how much, I don't know). Bottle or keg as usual and I would be you it's great. Cheers.

 

[msa8967]

I have read via this forum that some people have let their beers go for 3-5 months in the primary with no strong adverse effects. As long as things were well cleaned and sanitized you should have no problem. I once let an APA go for 12 weeks and it turned out fantastic.

 

[shamrockdoc]

dude thats gonna be horrible in fact its ruined. Look why don't you bottle it up and send all that fail to me I'll give it a proper burial:rockin:

 

[kstatemallards]

Thanks for the replies. I'll let you know how it turns out!

 

[dcp27]

if you're worried about having lost hoppiness, why not dry hop it while you still can?

 

[bovineblitz]

Give it a strong dry hop before bottling, good as new.

 

[Revvy]

I bottled my choclate mole porter a month ago after 5.5 months in primary. The beer is perfectly fine. We just enjoyed it on turkeyday.

 

[KRYLOK]

old beer tastes great

 

[Hang Glider]

+1 to the dry hop - it's an IPA - it needs a good hop nose -
The beer portion will be fine, and you can touch up the hopiness with a dry hop for a week prior to bottling/kegging.

 

[motobrewer]

this is all assuming it hadn't been dry-hopped and has been sitting on hops for 10 weeks....

DFH clone without a dry-hop would be a silly beer

 

[kstatemallards]

UPDATE ON THE BEER.....

I finally got to bottling the beer last Monday and I chilled my first bottle tonight to see what it tastes like. Even though it was still flat which I expected it has a great flavor. I can't wait to see what it tasted like in a couple weeks when it's fully carbed.

I didn't dry hop it mainly because I didn't have any hops around. It still has a strong hop taste to it which I love.