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Originally Posted by jstark View Post
I've had 2 in secondary for over 6 months from putting off bottling.

Also, any risk in leaving a batch in secondary for that long?
Yes, of course there is risk in leaving any beer in the fermentor too long. Contamination, for one. Autolysis for another. Of course, many (big) beers do well after extended aging, but that is after they are packaged, not in the fermentor.
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