How long does it take for beer to carbonate

[Neil1987]

I'm planning to keep bottles in warm place for 2 weeks then go somewhere cool for a month but I notticed one of my beers I bottled on friday had fallen and the cap popped off but while mopping up I noticed there wasnt any fizz yet I put one in a pet bottle to check how they were going and that feels bot rock hard but fairly hard so assumed the fiz was mabe doing its thing

 

[Pennine]

i keep mine at room temp 17-18c for 10-14 days before putting them in cold storage. 7 is usually fine 10-14 is just for security.

 

[An Ankoù]

I'm planning to keep bottles in warm place for 2 weeks then go somewhere cool for a month but I notticed one of my beers I bottled on friday had fallen and the cap popped off but while mopping up I noticed there wasnt any fizz yet I put one in a pet bottle to check how they were going and that feels bot rock hard but fairly hard so assumed the fiz was mabe doing its thing

I think you had a dodgy cap. 6 weeks is about right. Some beers to ages to condition and carb up. I've had to wait months for some and never figured out why, but they all come good in the end.

 

[terrym]

If you have bottled cloudy beer, put it in a warm (20*C plus) place, and haven't used much priming sugar it will carb up a lot quicker than clearish beer, stored at less than 17*C, and loaded with lots of priming sugar. So there is no one size fits all.
I use PET bottles in general and can establish very easily whether bottles are carbed up. I tend to be on the lean side regarding priming sugar and carb up in the warm, and in spite of me aiming to bottle nearly clear beer most of my beers are carbed up within a week and are pretty much fully clear as well

 

[An Ankoù]

If you have bottled cloudy beer, put it in a warm (20*C plus) place, and haven't used much priming sugar it will carb up a lot quicker than clearish beer, stored at less than 17*C, and loaded with lots of priming sugar. So there is no one size fits all.
I use PET bottles in general and can establish very easily whether bottles are carbed up. I tend to be on the lean side regarding priming sugar and carb up in the warm, and in spite of me aiming to bottle nearly clear beer most of my beers are carbed up within a week and are pretty much fully clear as well

Wish mine were. I tend not to bottle until the beer's dropped bright. I shall have to reconsider this.

 

[Neil1987]

If you have bottled cloudy beer, put it in a warm (20*C plus) place, and haven't used much priming sugar it will carb up a lot quicker than clearish beer, stored at less than 17*C, and loaded with lots of priming sugar. So there is no one size fits all.
I use PET bottles in general and can establish very easily whether bottles are carbed up. I tend to be on the lean side regarding priming sugar and carb up in the warm, and in spite of me aiming to bottle nearly clear beer most of my beers are carbed up within a week and are pretty much fully clear as well

I wanted to use pet bottles but everywhere was out of stock of brown ones I was going to use fizzy water bottles but after going thru the forums everyone was against clear bottles so opted for glass

 

[An Ankoù]

I wanted to use pet bottles but everywhere was out of stock of brown ones I was going to use fizzy water bottles but after going thru the forums everyone was against clear bottles so opted for glass

There's nothing wrong with clear bottles provided you keep them covered or in the dark. UV light changes some of the hop derivatives into compounds which stink and have a very low taste threshold. Don't store them in sunlight or under fluorescent lighting.

 

[dwhite60]

I use quite a few clear pet bottles. Never had a problem with them. I do try to drink them first though. Apparently they are more oxygen permeable than the brown ones made for beer.

Keep them in the dark and they're fine.