to bottle or not

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quart53
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to bottle or not

Post by quart53 »

Just racked a brew on Friday, now have to fly out to work this Friday for two/three weeks. Wonderig if the racking experts would leave it as is or bottle Thursday. All looks good FG etc etc
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Rubber.Piggy
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Post by Rubber.Piggy »

If it were me and I was happy that it had cleared and finished fermenting then I would bottle it so that I could try it when I got back :)
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mr beer
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Post by mr beer »

go for it,
just dont leave it somewhere where it will make a mess if there are a few bottle bombs. if there is no one to clean it if for 3 weeks, it could be messy.
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Wassa
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Post by Wassa »

Me being me, i would bottle it, then put it away for 3 months and then think what a great beer it is.

Then again I don't even sample my brews till they have been in the bottle for a minimum of 2 months and usually not until they are 3.
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Chris
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Post by Chris »

Leave it. No beer ever suffers from time in secondary. Give some time for it to clear, resolve flavour issues, fully ferment out, aroma hops to completely permeate, etc.
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