How long to leave in a warm area

[matt.]

Finished bottling a Mangrove Jack Baltic Porter.
All went well.

Thoughts on how long to leave the bottles in a warm room environment before moving to the colder garage.
Bottles have been sitting at a snug 16/18 degrees for six days now.

Many thanks

 

[RichardM]

Another week

 

[damienair]

I always brew for 2-3 weeks and once bottled I leave the the beer in a warm room for 2 weeks before moving them down to the Garage.

 

[Davvy]

Priming is a bit of a dark art, where sometimes your beer will prime relatively quickly and other times slowly. The variables include your priming area temperature, versus original fermentation yeast type, versus amount of yeast left in each bottle, and priming sugar amount....& there are more...... !!

A good suggestion is that each time you bottle, use at least one plastic screw top bottle like a sparkling mineral water, so when this bottle is rock hard - all the rest are ready to put in the shed. cheap supermarket mineral water bottles are great as they are cheap and designed to handle pressure.

All the best,
David.

 

[matt.]

Priming is a bit of a dark art, where sometimes your beer will prime relatively quickly and other times slowly. The variables include your priming area temperature, versus original fermentation yeast type, versus amount of yeast left in each bottle, and priming sugar amount....& there are more...... !!

A good suggestion is that each time you bottle, use at least one plastic screw top bottle like a sparkling mineral water, so when this bottle is rock hard - all the rest are ready to put in the shed. cheap supermarket mineral water bottles are great as they are cheap and designed to handle pressure.

All the best,
David.

Thanks David
As it happens I used a mix of plastic and glass. It's been 4 days so far in the warm. I'll give it a few more days and then check the plastic bottle.
Great idea.
Cheers from Aberdeen

matt

 

[MashBag]

Bottling it quickly & warm, makes a difference because the yeast hasn't had chance to show down, so it doesn't have to restart.

 

[Twostage]

A good suggestion is that each time you bottle, use at least one plastic screw top bottle like a sparkling mineral water, so when this bottle is rock hard - all the rest are ready to put in the shed. cheap supermarket mineral water bottles are great as they are cheap and designed to handle pressure.

All the best,
David.

That's what I always do, one of the pleasures of brewing for me is the twice daily squeeze .

The other thing you can do to check carbonation is to shine a torch into the bottle and watch the little bubbles. After a day or so you will see a steady stream of little bubbles rising from the bottom. After a few days they start at the bottom and as they rise they get smaller and smaller until they disappear as the building pressure forces the CO2 into solution. Magic . A few days after they stop completely they will be fizzed.