Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

[BeerAdvocate]

Originally Posted by Salvelinus

If you are going to move to a secondary do it for the clarity. I'd be interested to hear what brewers here think, but I don't know anyone that concerns themselves with yeast autolysis at the normal timeframe for ales. If you were going to leave it in primary for a year or two maybe, but not after two weeks.

This is why I usually skip secondary. I stopped using secondary a few years ago and have never noticed a differance. One less step!