Did I leave my Festa Brew too long in Primary?

[MattIsFat]

Hi everyone,

So I'm a first time brewer that started with a Festa Brew kit where it's just a big bag of wort and you add yeast.

I've read about what others do, and a lot of them suggested leaving it in the primary fermenter for about 2 weeks.
Well, I'm really lazy so mine has been sitting in my primary for about 4 weeks now, and the primary is just a bucket with a loose lid on the top.

I couldn't really find anything about leaving it for this long so I'm asking you guys for help, what would you do in my situation?
I can either transfer it to a secondary for some more time, or straight to bottling, assuming that this batch is still usable.

Thanks for all the help you can give me.

 

[d3track]

If it's not infected, bottle it.

 

[MattIsFat]

Thank you!

 

[mcbar]

Just for clarity's sake, you should rack it to a bottling bucket with your priming solution first, then you should bottle it.

My apologies if you already know this

 

[slacker1]

There have been times when I have left my Festa brew in the primary for up to two months. No problems noticed. You should invest in a sealed bucket with airlock for more predictable results. Loose lids sink sips. Sorry.

 

[MattIsFat]

Thanks everyone.

And yeah I agree about the sealed bucket that I can out an airlock into, I'll definitely be looking into one for my next batch.

 

[Frilock]

I just left something sitting in primary for about... 4 months. I would say you're awesome...but I just found out that batch is infected. I'm not sure if the two are related....but considering that brew's sister batch sat for 3 months in primary (and tasted awesome) I would say you're awesome.

 

[Gar]

I know its not festa brew but man ive left beer in a fermenter for over a year and it turned out fine i even bottle carbed those beers with no problems. RDWHAHB

 

[Subdivisions]

Let me get this straight, they make a wort that all you have to do is put yeast in?? No hop additions or anything??

And I thought I was lazy.

 

[Gar]

I think one of the guys craigtube hangs out with brewed one. they reviewed it on one of his shows.

 

[guitarguy6]

Let me get this straight, they make a wort that all you have to do is put yeast in?? No hop additions or anything??

And I thought I was lazy.

Yup, there's also Brewhouse that has the wort in bag kits. It's basically like a wine kit, you get a bag of wort that you add to your fermentor, top it up with water, add yeast and your done. I haven't tried the Festa Juice ones but I tried the Brew House Red ale and IPA and they were pretty decent.

Mattisfat what province do you live in?