Need To Wait To Bottle.... How Do I Keep My Brew Fresh?

[pokolbinguy]

Hi All,

I asked this question here

But thought i would get a quicker answer starting a new thread. I need to do what ever I am to do by midday as I'm off to QLD.

So...


I racked the brew into another fermenter and added dry hops and also dropped temp to 10 deg.

Now my question is..... I won't have the opportunity to bottle this beer until the end of next week (14th November ??)....what should I do to protect it?

My thoughts were:

1 - leave in fermenter and drop temp to around 4 degs (fridge temp)
2- Rack from fermenter into a post mix keg (in this case two 9 ltr kegs...all I have empty at the moment) and burp with CO2.
3. Do nothing???


What should I do? I want to make sure this brew stays good till bottling.

Any help would be great. Cheers

Cheers, Pok

 

[bindi]

It's an ale right? <_< leave it where it is, it will be OK.

 

[chovain]

Now my question is..... I won't have the opportunity to bottle this beer until the end of next week (14th November ??)....what should I do to protect it?

Assuming you have a good seal on your fermenter, you're safe either doing nothing, or taking the opportunity to cold condition it if you want to clear it up a little. I often leave my beers in secondary for a few weeks (I just don't seem to be able to get the time when the beer needs it). Even at room temperature, it does a great job of knocking extra sediment out.

RDWHAHB, and enjoy your trip!

 

[wimbymoonshine]

do nothing. Moving it around prob has more risk of harming it via infection or oxidation.
Just leave it be.

 

[pokolbinguy]

It's an ale right? <_< leave it where it is, it will be OK.

Yep golden ale clone

 

[Adamt]

Another vote for leave it. 10C is low enough that the yeast won't do much at all. Hell, you probably could've left it at 18-20C for another week

 

[Klemmstein]

Yep, I'd have to agree with all of the above. As long as it is kept sealed up properly then just leave it.

Murphy's Law dictates that the more times you move it the more times your opening yourself up for something to go wrong.

Oxidation or contamination could pose a problem if brew hygiene is compromised. Don't be like my missus, when I was away on a Darwin trip, she so kindly decided to move my full fermenter (Coopers Stout) from one room to another much cooler room, that's when the proverbial hit the fan she dropped it. :angry:
Split the fermenter in several places and stained the carpet.
Ah, women, you just gotta love 'em.

 

[pokolbinguy]

Okey doke... thanks folks.

I'll just let her be. Good points regarding the chances for infection/oxidisation etc... was my concern to start with.

Thanks heaps for the feedback.

Pok