i've barrelled my coopers real ale after fermenting it for 8 days, I was wondering if anyone knows how long to leave it indoors at this stage before transferring it to the cold?
Generally once you have put into the barrel, with the priming sugars if that where you are going to serve it from, I would leave in the wrm for about 7 to 14 days then somewhere cooler, say 12°C, for another 14 days minimum.
For better answer tell us what you are brewing, the starting specific gravity, the finished gravity, 'indoor' temperature etc.
with regards to this question I am brewing Coopers Real Ale! 23 ltrs! the OG was 1041 and the FG was 1010! the temp was fluctuating between 19C and 21C.
The only problem is I followed the instructions about priming bottles when putting it in the barrel, so instead of adding 60-80g of sugar, I put in 158g! no explosion yet luckily! keeping an eye on it just to make sure though!