Maybe an odd question, but how long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
I picked up 5 gallons of Irish Stout wort at BrewHQ on Friday afternoon (my home brewing has been on hiatus since Christmas owing to major unexpected renovations, so I've been buying wort from BrewHQ and fermenting it at home) intending to transfer it into the fermenter on Saturday morning, so I put it into my keezer to keep cold. Then on Saturday morning before I got around to it, I had to unload a bunch of drywall and managed to pull a major muscle in my back. I can't lift the 5 gallon pail of wort out of the freezer until my back is better cause I risk dislocating a rib from my spine (done it before, don't recommend it) so I'm wondering, how long can I keep it before it goes off?
How long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
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Re: How long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
Lots of kits online say a year or more. As long as it didn't pick up any fun stuff during packaging you should be good for a while.
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Re: How long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
Ask a friend to help.
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Re: How long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
I picked up a couple of no chill bags from brewhq to try out. I brewed an American wheat and bagged it, it was well over a week before I put it in the fermenter and pitched the yeast. It was left at room temp the whole time with no ill effects.
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Re: How long can you keep wort before it goes bad?
Ya same as Brad, I have a no-chill cube that I have left at room temp in the sealed cube for a few weeks without issue. I've heard Aussie brewers, who pioneered the no-chill brewing, leaving wort in their cubes for months at a time.
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Thanks for the replies and offers of help! I figure I'm good till I can catch my breath.
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