How Long?

[louthepoo]

My town crier clone has been gurgling away in the kitchen now for a week, i was wondering how long a beer can keep for in the first fermentation stage before it starts going off? especially in the warm weather!

I plan to rack it off into another fermenting bin,to clear before transfering to my corni keg, how long should i leave it to clear (i'm using finings)

cheers,

LTP

ps, its currently reading 1010 (OG 1042)

[ColinKeb]

i usually leave mine for 10 days to ensure its fully done, if the sg is the same for two days running then its ready to rack but i just leave it for 10 days then move it yours is unlikley to go any lower at 1010. if youre then putting it into secondary in a barrel it will be safe under a blanket of co2 so can stay there for another 10 days or so then rack off into your corni . Daab gave me a demonstration of an air free transfer which should be on a thread somewhere if you cant find it it is also on my blog .

[deadlydes]

how long should i leave it to clear (i'm using finings)

Until its clear

[PieOPah]

how long a beer can keep for in the first fermentation stage before it starts going off?

You can leave the beer in primary for several weeks before anything starts to go wrong with it (providing sanitation is good obviously). Can't remember the name, but after a while the dead yeast cells will start to effect the beer.

I have left beer on primary for about 5 weeks without any noticeable effects. The biggest problem was that most of the yeast fell out of suspension and it is very slow to carbonate.

[oblivious]

Can't remember the name, but after a while the dead yeast cells will start to effect the beer.

Autolysis, but I thought it could take months to happen?

[louthepoo]

Thanks guys, i'm gonna syphon it off to clear today.

thanks for the sensible reply deadlydes, always appreciated