Secondary

[TomInMaine]

I have my Red Ale in a secondary right now for conditioning and clarifying. It has been there for 3 weeks now. I was going to bottle it tonight but I am not ready. My question is will it hurt anything if it stays on secondary for another week. without being bottled?

 

[Dwain]

No, it won't hurt a thing. You can leave it 2 months and all that will happen is anything that settles out will stick to the secondary. Luck - Dwain

 

[TomInMaine]

Thanks for the info

 

[RBlagojevich]

you can secondary pretty much indefinitely.

 

[Hammy71]

Longer = clearer beer.....

 

[captianoats]

I have a friend that let a beer sit in secondary for over a year. (Why I have no idea) he bottled it about a month ago and it's fantastic.

 

[Nurmey]

I have a friend that let a beer sit in secondary for over a year. (Why I have no idea) he bottled it about a month ago and it's fantastic.

We've gone 18 months and it was fantastic too. We had only meant to secondary for 8 months but with so many brews going we kind of forgot it for the extra year.

 

[TomInMaine]

Well it has been awhile since I was here, sorry I have been away, sometimes things happen and before yo know it time flies. well anyway, my Red ale has been in secondary for 7 months, I am going to bottle it this evening, already have everything in the kitchen. Hopefully it will be fine, I am not sure if I should now call it a lager though as it has been in secondary at around 50* for the last 4 months. but I have kept the airlock with vodka in in so any bacteria around the airlock would be killed. I will report how it comes out in a few weeks.

 

[Scimmia]

You may want to pitch some new yeast or you could have trouble bottle conditioning.

 

[ahoffman565]

I let a coffee stout sit in secondary for a month longer than I planned. It turned out FANTASTIC! You should be fine.