w34/70 yeast

[doghouse gav]

Used the w34/70 yeast this weekend and after 24 hours it's bubbling away nicely at 12*c.
My question is After a few weeks in fv when I bottle do I keep at 12*c to carbonate or would I keep warm like I have always done with the ale yeast?

Cheers.

 

[Davebispham81]

i used to put my bottles somewhere warm for a week and then back to somewhere cold to condition, now i have a corny, sooooo much easier.

 

[luckyeddie]

After primary fermentation is close to completion, rack to get it off the trub then let it come up to 18C for a couple of days so the yeasties can chew their way through the diacetyl compounds. Then whack it back in the fridge, crank the temperature down to 4C for a month, prime and bottle.

Aleman's done a paper on it somewhere on the site. If I can find it, I'll post a linky.