Leaving in fermentation bucket

[comicsandbeer83]

So I started this batch of ESB on January 3 and it calls to be left in the primary for 10 days then bottled. However, I am not quite ready to bottle because I do not have my bottles prepared just yet. Should be ready in several days. My question is should I rack it to get the beer out of the yeast cake or is it okay to leave it for up to 3 more days before I bottle? I would hate for the beer to start developing funky flavors from swimming around in used up yeast cake.

 

[Kaz]

You can leave that beer on the yeast cake for at least a month. Actually, I leave almost all my beers in primary for 3-4 weeks.

 

[comicsandbeer83]

Thanks. Also, have you ever bottled from a carboy before? I was going to this time if I do not rack it because I fermented in the plastic bucket because my carboy is only 5 gallons. I was thinking if I do not rack it then it would be less time consuming for me to just siphon into the carboy and bottle in several days. What do you think? I figure it probably doesn't matter one way or the other.

 

[Tinpanharry]

That should work fine.
Cheers!

 

[Kaz]

I would have to hear the process you plan on before making that call, how will you introduce the priming sugar/solution? Will you use an auto siphon and bottling wand? Its do-able, I just think you need to plan out how to make it go smoothly.

 

[rlmiller10]

I make 3.5 gal batches so I ferment in a 5 gal carboy. I auto siphon to a 3 gal carboy to add priming sugar and then auto siphon and use a bottling wand to bottle. Or if I want to add anything I leave it in the 3 gal as a secondary. It seems minimize oxygen that way

 

[comicsandbeer83]

I would have to hear the process you plan on before making that call, how will you introduce the priming sugar/solution? Will you use an auto siphon and bottling wand? Its do-able, I just think you need to plan out how to make it go smoothly.

I plan to pour the priming sugar water solution in the carboy and then use and auto siphon to mix the beer into it from the primary. Then I will use the auto siphon along with a bottling wand.

 

[Kaz]

That totally makes sense, sorry, I was thinking the beer was already in the carboy and couldn't see how you would add priming to that and mix it up. It makes sense now.

 

[Fat_Maul]

Doesn't matter how big your bottling vessel is so long as all the beer and sugar fits