1. 
   Garry permalink

   February 3, 2010

   I racked to secondary twice in my early days and both times my beer got infected … so now I don’t bother. I usually keg after one week in primary for ales and 2 weeks for lagers … but have left ales for as long as 2 and lagers for as long as 3 weeks in primary with no ill effects.
2. 
   Hop permalink*

   February 3, 2010

   From all I’ve heard, you can safely leave it in the primary for up to four weeks (sometimes longer) with little to no impact. Because of that, I will only rack to secondary when I’m doing something special.

   For example, my Hazelmocha Cream Stout was racked to secondary because I used coffee, cacao nibs, and hazelnuts. That was a special case.

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