Beer secondary fermentation

[Neesam43]

Hi I was wondering, I've bottled my lager and primed the bottles with one teaspoon of sugar. How long does it take to carbonise. It's been standing one week so far.

 

[redhousebrewing]

General rule of thumb is 2 weeks in the warm and then 4 in the cool although kit instructions are typically 2 days in the warm, 2 weeks in the cool.
If its a strong brew then more than 4 weeks in the cool - there are estimators based on strength but the longer the better (lots of discussion on this, read some of the reviews for examples).

HTH
Stuart

 

[NickW]

4 weeks in the cool?

Is this purely for conditioning purposes?

I'm relatively new to bottling.. but from what I've read, 4 weeks in the cool would be overkill Just for the co2 to reabsorb into the beer? Wouldn't 1 week do it?

If you're talking about maturing the beer, then please ignore me :grin:

 

[Neesam43]

Well that's what I'm wondering crE. It's just I'm desperate to drink it.

 

[Will12283]

I always do 2 weeks warm then 2 weeks cold minimum, the longer you leave it in the cold the better gets IMHO

 

[Brewbob]

Try a bottle, if its nice great, if not leave the rest of them for longer. I do agree though, 2wks ferment, 2wks in a secondary in the cool (optional), 2wks bottled/kegged in the warm, as long as you can leave it in the cool, the longer the better..

 

[RokDok]

FWIW My schedule 2 weeks in the fv, bottle , 2 weeks in the warm for the secondary fermentation, you can drink it then but it might be disappointing, keep tasting every week or so and you'll find it will improve. In my experience the more complex or higher abc the longer it takes to reach its best . Cheers RD

 

[Fil]

Nothing wrong with having a sample early but patience is the secret ingredient, if u have the will power stash a couple of bottles for christmass and do so with each batch you can then have a great multi sample evening down the road