should I brew?

[Pivot]

I was going to brew two beers this weekend: A dark belgian tripel, and a hobgoblin clone.

However, in a week and a half I am going to be leaving for about 3 months. is it a good idea to make these if they will be sitting in the primary for 3 months? Or should I just wait until I get back?

 

[Schnitzengiggle]

Go for it, as long as you keep the temps down you should be okay. If you can rack to secondary before you leave that would be ideal.

 

[html034]

I don't think it would be a problem, I've done the same thing.

 

[Homercidal]

I would not do it unless they were going into a secondary and I thought I could keep the airlocks full. Otherwise, I don't see why not. Germs won't travel "up" the airlock, but tiny flies will.

 

[Mateo]

I did this just before being deployed. I was gone for over 6 months. I did a quick 7 days in the primary and racked to the secondary with about 15% fermentable left. It was a Maerzen and was fully carbed and the absolute best beer I had ever drank, and thats coming back from 6 month deployment to Belgium!

Secondary was a sealed corny.

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