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Brewing Discussions => Kit Brewing => Topic started by: La brewski on March 24, 2019, 10:20:38 AM

Title: Time limit
Post by: La brewski on March 24, 2019, 10:20:38 AM
Is there any time limit on leaving your brew in primary was planning on bottling today but beers just not ready I have a busy week ahead of me so might have to leave it sit for Another week or possibly more can it get infected or any other damage
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: irish_goat on March 24, 2019, 12:43:15 PM
Nah it'll be fine for another week. Gives the yeast more time to condition the beer and more time for the yeast etc to settle and leave you with clearer beer.
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: nigel_c on March 24, 2019, 01:55:08 PM
A beer will only get infected if there is something in there from the start or you let something in while having a sneaky peek.
Keep it shut and it'll benefit from some extra conditioning time.
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: La brewski on March 31, 2019, 11:17:49 PM
Never had this before left in for a week more than instructions  say
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: nigel_c on April 01, 2019, 10:37:03 AM
What are we looking at there? Clear beer or foam out the top?
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: LordEoin on April 01, 2019, 03:44:08 PM
The only problem I see is a lack of keg! :-*
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: Slev on April 01, 2019, 07:58:56 PM
I see the issue there. I find I nearly always have spillages too when i bottle horizontally. I've resorted to bottling vertically.
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: La brewski on April 06, 2019, 09:55:32 PM
The foam lads sry I never had it before only done a handful of kits but they seemed to be flat when bottled
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: La brewski on April 06, 2019, 09:57:11 PM
I'm worried they would turn explosive if I primed them with normal amount of sugar
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: Slev on April 07, 2019, 07:13:07 PM
Quote from: La brewski on April 06, 2019, 09:55:32 PM
The foam lads sry I never had it before only done a handful of kits but they seemed to be flat when bottled

Could the foam be as a result of air being drawn into your bottling wand/tubing possibly?
Did you use san star? (or any other foaming substance)
Did you taste the beer at bottling?
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: TheSumOfAllBeers on April 08, 2019, 02:50:32 PM
You can often get foaming if:
- the beer is a lot colder than the bottle as dissolved CO2 comes our of solution
- air is being drawn into the filling tube/lines, and foaming at the spring tip.
- co2 coming out of suspension in the filling tubes also

wouldnt worry about it
Title: Re: Time limit
Post by: La brewski on April 09, 2019, 10:13:11 PM
I did as I allways do nothing different just left it longer but I opened one at 5 days in bottle and it looks ok