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Hi, due to my dad's illness and passing I'm only today bottling my beer I started 7 weeks ago

Im going to go ahead and bottle anyway and see what it ends up like but just wondered if any of you more experienced folk have done something similar?
 
Sorry to hear about your dad's passing

What was the beer fermented in? If it was glass or SS it'll be fine as both these are oxygen barring. Plastic isn't so you may have some oxidation. Also if it was sitting on the yeast cake for that long you may have off flavours. Having said all that I bet the beer turns out fine. Plenty of people have 'forgotten' about their beer for extended periods and it turns out fine
 
Sorry to hear about your dad's passing

What was the beer fermented in? If it was glass or SS it'll be fine as both these are oxygen barring. Plastic isn't so you may have some oxidation. Also if it was sitting on the yeast cake for that long you may have off flavours. Having said all that I bet the beer turns out fine. Plenty of people have 'forgotten' about their beer for extended periods and it turns out fine
Thank you

It was plastic and yes it was on the yeast cake. Not a good start lol, but fingers crossed it tastes OK. There's 29ltrs in the bottling bucket......... I don't fancy dumping that ashock1
 
I have left beer on the yeast in a plastic bucket for 7+ weeks before and it's been fine. Autolysis (what happens when beer is left on yeast for too long) doesn't seem to be an issue on the homebrew level.

Oxidation usually gets worse over time. So any oxidation which has occured might taste worse the later you leave it. It's a good excuse to guzzle a batch!
 
And the simple solution is to taste it. I use a syringe with the needle for filling printer cartridges as it's dead easy to sanitise. If it tastes like flat beer you've got beer. I did have a stout that sat on some blackberries for about 8 weeks and that got an infection but ended up a bit like a lambic. I thought it was a disaster at first but had a kriek and it was just as good as that - less like cough medicine, actually. It was nothing like beer any more, but neither is kriek.
 
I doubt if you'll have an oxidation issue. If the FV hasn't been opened in the 7 weeks, then the top of the beer will have been under a blanket of CO2. Yes, the plastic FV itself is not impervious to gas, and exchange will occur over time - but I'm pretty confident that you'll be fine after just 7 weeks. I don't bottle as much now as I used to - but I rarely ever bottled a beer less than 6 weeks old - usually more, so they were pretty clear when I bottled them. I always used 2 FVs, then transferred to a plastic carboy (even thinner walled!) for a few weeks before bottling. I never noticed any oxidation issues (and I do know what that tastes like).
Personally, I would be more concerned about yeast autolysis as a possible off-flavour. But almost certainly it will be at least drinkable. As Drunkula says, taste it! If it's OK now then it won't get any worse in the bottle.
 

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