Some around here believe years for the proper lagering of prime lager wort.
and others months for ageing of their English Bitters.
-Vosen

Vince wrote:
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> I used a beer kit, when i started the gravity was at, 1.040 then it
> went down to 1.010 in a week that's when i bottled, i just checked the
> bottles and there clearing up but i see some slight sediment on the
> bottom of the bottles, looks ok , how long can you kept beer in a
> carboy before you have to bottle it?
>
> Derric wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>I am a seasoned wine maker so i know the basics, my question is : when
>>>i was bottling my brew the beer was foaming up in the bottles when i was
>>>filling them , is that normal. will the beer clear up in the bottles,
>>>it looked like muddy water in the carboy.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Vince, I just wanted to be sure that you checked to see that your beer
>> had finished fermenting before bottling. You checked the gravity, etc.,
>> right?
>>
>> Usually by bottling time *most* of the yeast will have settled and the
>> beer will be fairly clear. Personally, I have only had significant foam
>> when bottling a few times... usually when the beer was VERY cold from
>> lagering - i.e. about 30F and there was a good bit of CO2 in solution.
>>
>> The combination of "muddy" and "foaming" sorta raises a red flag that
>> there may have been active fermentation. Perhaps not, but I just wanted
>> to make sure! If you wish, tell us more about your procedure, recipe,
>> temperatures during fermentation, gravity measurements, etc...
>>
>> Regarding clearing in bottles... yeast will settle out after priming
>> is done. There may still be haze. If that bothers you a lot, after
>> priming you can refrigerate them for several weeks to settle out some
>> of the other haze. Since haze doesn't affect taste, mine usually
>> doesn't last that long! :)
>>
>> Derric
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