gmc
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Hi all,
I would appreciate some input on the following. I currently brew in primary for 3 weeks and bottle condition for 3 weeks. It works well for me for the results I am after. It means I get a new batch every 3 weeks and have 3 weeks to finish drinking them before the next batch comes along. This is all well and good until you invite people over and then 1 batch gets a very big dent in it and I won't have enough to last until the next batch comes along.
I am thinking of changing to the following and it's my hope that it will not affect the quality of the beer.
2 weeks in primary and 4 weeks in the bottle. It's still 6 weeks in total, but it means I will get my fermenter back after 2 weeks insted of 3 and in the space of 6 weeks, I can get 3 batches insted of 2.
To my limited knowledge, 3 weeks in primary really only means that some conditioning is happening before it gets to the bottles, so I imagine it shouldn't make a difference if all of that conditioning is done in bottle. If I go to 2 weeks, I will be more diligent with the hydrometer readings so make sure it is done fermenting before bottling.
Please let me know if from your collective experiences, this will have absolutely no impact on the beer or if you think it will result in a beer thats not as good as my old regime.
I would appreciate some input on the following. I currently brew in primary for 3 weeks and bottle condition for 3 weeks. It works well for me for the results I am after. It means I get a new batch every 3 weeks and have 3 weeks to finish drinking them before the next batch comes along. This is all well and good until you invite people over and then 1 batch gets a very big dent in it and I won't have enough to last until the next batch comes along.
I am thinking of changing to the following and it's my hope that it will not affect the quality of the beer.
2 weeks in primary and 4 weeks in the bottle. It's still 6 weeks in total, but it means I will get my fermenter back after 2 weeks insted of 3 and in the space of 6 weeks, I can get 3 batches insted of 2.
To my limited knowledge, 3 weeks in primary really only means that some conditioning is happening before it gets to the bottles, so I imagine it shouldn't make a difference if all of that conditioning is done in bottle. If I go to 2 weeks, I will be more diligent with the hydrometer readings so make sure it is done fermenting before bottling.
Please let me know if from your collective experiences, this will have absolutely no impact on the beer or if you think it will result in a beer thats not as good as my old regime.