Quick Q regarding bottling and conditioning..

[peteplus1]

Just done my first AG. All gone well I think, dry hopped and bottled. Fingers crossed etc!

I have my freshly filled bottles sitting at a steady 20C, is this the correct temperature to leave them at? And also, for how long before moving somewhere cooler? Couple of weeks?

many thanks in adv...

 

[Dads_Ale]

Two weeks should be fine before moving. You can always give one a try just to make sure :-D

 

[TartanSpecial]

20 deg c is fine and I always leave mine for 2 weeks before moving to the beer shed. One thing I found when I moved to AG brewing was the beer is drinkable much sooner than kits....never had any twangs on my AG brews. Try one after a week in the cool to check.

 

[peteplus1]

Thank you :thumb:

 

[ManseMasher]

Congrats on your first AG! It's been said a few times on here so apologies if I sound like a broken record! A good rule of thumb is 2 + 2 + 2. 2 weeks fv, 2 weeks in bottle same temperature as fermentation, 2 weeks somewhere cooler (10 - 12°c if you can). Works for me.

 

[clibit]

Where are these cooler places people take their beers after two weeks?

 

[ManseMasher]

Where are these cooler places people take their beers after two weeks?

Lapland.....

 

[TartanSpecial]

my beer shed...which is just a normal shed, though its in the shade of trees so doesn't heat up too much in the summer and doesn't generally go below 0 in winter. I've built a couple of insulated beer storage boxes out of sheets of kingspan insulation, cut and glued into a box to try to keep the temperature variation to a minimum.

 

[GHW]

Shed. What do you do with yours?

 

[Racinsnake]

Ahem :whistle: in my beer fridge

 

[duncans]

Mine seems to get 2 + 2 +belly conditioned

 

[jeg3]

I found that most of my brews need at least 4 weeks in a cask (keg) for a few weeks before bottling and then at least 4 weeks in the bottle. I've found it tastes much much better, has a better head and is much more enjoyable. But that's me, everyone's taste and setup is different

 

[peteplus1]

Just wondering should I prime my bottles for a milk stout like I have for my previous 3 brews? A tsp in each? When it comes to bottling day?

Also, fermenting action has slowed right down after 4 days. Will take another reading tonight . Have previously left in the fv for 2 weeks, should that be ok for this brew too?
Cheers!

 

[Bigcol49]

Just wondering should I prime my bottles for a milk stout like I have for my previous 3 brews? A tsp in each? When it comes to bottling day?
Also, fermenting action has slowed right down after 4 days. Will take another reading tonight . Have previously left in the fv for 2 weeks, should that be ok for this brew too?
Cheers!

Hi!
Brewer's Friend has a priming calculator for different styles of beer. I prefer to batch prime in the bottling bucket.
Definitely leave it in the FV for 2 weeks. I put a pseudo lager in last week, and I wanted to experiment with Nottingham yeast at the low end of its range. Danstar recommend increasing the pitching rate, so I put two sachets in. It was off like a rocket and seemed to have finished on the third day, but I will still leave it for 2 weeks to let the yeast finish its work.
Colin