davisfreeberg
New Member
After jumping into homebrewing with both feet, I may have outdone myself and have managed to produce more beer than I can possibly drink. Currently, I've got two corny kegs tapped, two more filled and waiting and two more that I plan to put my lagers in. My question is this, since I know that it will take me a while to go through all six kegs should I be leaving the beer in the secondary fermenters until it's ready to be consumed or is it ok to store them in the corny kegs for several months to less than a year without any negative effects?
Normally, after I wait a few days for the beer to carbonate, I've noticed that the first glass is pretty much sludge, so my concern is that over a longer period of time that this could get worse and/or could impact the taste of the beer. Alternatively, keeping the beer in a secondary container for several months seems like I would be at greater risk of infection from outside bacteria.
My gut seems to tell me to keep it in the secondary several months because I want clear beers and since I've got the time to wait it will give it a chance to settle, but I've also read that it's bad to keep them in the fermenters for too long so I thought I'd poll the experts here to see what your experience has been like.
Normally, after I wait a few days for the beer to carbonate, I've noticed that the first glass is pretty much sludge, so my concern is that over a longer period of time that this could get worse and/or could impact the taste of the beer. Alternatively, keeping the beer in a secondary container for several months seems like I would be at greater risk of infection from outside bacteria.
My gut seems to tell me to keep it in the secondary several months because I want clear beers and since I've got the time to wait it will give it a chance to settle, but I've also read that it's bad to keep them in the fermenters for too long so I thought I'd poll the experts here to see what your experience has been like.