Porter in Secondary for over 8 months!

[charlesnj]

well I moved it to secondary sometime around march (lost the notes i kept) then moved it from NC to NJ and its since been sitting in the kitchen mostly undisturbed....i changed and sanitized the airlock a couple of weeks ago but that's about all i've done....i've been pretty lazy lately and just havent gotten around to bottling...

well tomorrow i was planning on sanitizing all the bottles i've been collecting the past several months and actually bottling this batch and getting back into the hobby again!

is there anything special i should do after letting it sit for such a long period?

 

[BierMuncher]

Shouldn't be any issues assuming the beer is free of contaminants. One potential problem is that the yeast may take FOREVER to wake up and carbonate the bottles. Might consider adding a 1/4 pack of hydrated dry yeast to the bottling bucket about the same time you add the priming sugar.

That's all I can think of.

 

[Calder]

If you have any concerns with the beer you can send it to me and I will make sure it is properly disposed of.

If you kept it sealed all the time (or for most of the time), it should be fine. If you can take a sample and taste it ...... if it's not vinegar, it's good.

At 8 months there should still be plenty of yeast, but it may take a little longer to carb. Also it will have less dissolved CO2, so you might want to up the priming sugar by about 10% to compensate.