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Five week fermenting
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 12:11 pm
by Hayzer
Time got away from me and I have had a wheat beer in the BD fermenter for five weeks. The temperature has maintaned 66-67 degrees the whole time.
Am I wasting my time bottling this? What has happened, if anything, to this batch?
Thanks for the help!
Re: Five week fermenting
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:13 pm
by Kealia
You are fine. With enough reading you will hear about things like "autolysis" but it's not really an issue on the homebrewing scale.
Especially with the temps you mentioned, you should be just fine.
Take a small sip before bottling to confirm and set your mind at ease.
Re: Five week fermenting
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 2:24 pm
by FrozenInTime
I would keg it.
Re: Five week fermenting
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:00 pm
by bpgreen
Life gets in the way sometimes. I've had several batches in the fermenter for 5 weeks. They turned out fine.
Re: Five week fermenting
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:45 pm
by mashani
It's fine, I had stuff in the BD fermenters for 6+ weeks that turned out great.
Re: Five week fermenting
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:46 am
by Hayzer
That's awesome! Thanks for the good news. I'll be bottling tomorrow.