Advertise Here
Main · BrewSpace · Recipes · Wiki · Groups · Clubs · Gallery · Reviews · Video · Blogs · Store

Memorial Day False Bottom Free ShippingFREE Shipping!!!$69.99 Brand new 2.5 Gallon Keg Pre-Order
Go Back   Home Brew Forums > Home Brewing Beer > Bottling/Kegging



Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-21-2009, 10:52 PM   #1
Senior Member
 
Beerbeque's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 372
Default Bigger beers take more time to carbonate in bottle?

Have you found that your higher gravity homebrews take more time to to fully carbonate in the bottle? I have found that all of my beers fully carbonate in 2-3 weeks of bottling regardless of O.G.but that my higher gravity beers take longer to drop clear and mellow.


__________________
Give us this day our liquid bread
Beerbeque is offline Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2009, 11:00 PM   #2
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
 
Revvy's Avatar
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
Posts: 36,051
Blog Entries: 6
Default

Gravity and storage temp are the biggest factors in carbonation/conditioning times...

Stouts and porters have taken me between 6 and 8 weeks to carb up..I have a 1.090 Belgian strong that took three months to carb up.

More info can be found here....Revvy's Blog, Of Patience and Bottle Conditioning.

And here http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/bottle-time-bigger-beers-128864/#post1443123

Lazy Llama came up with a handy dandy chart to determine how long something takes in brewing, whether it's fermentation, carbonation, bottle conditioning....

__________________

Revvy's one of the cool reverends. He has a Harley and a t-shirt that says on the back "If you can read this, the bitch was Raptured. - Madman

I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
Revvy is offline Reply With Quote
Old 07-21-2009, 11:09 PM   #3
Member
Recipes 
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Lubbock
Posts: 92
Default

It also depends how much yeast is in it.

I put gelatin and crash cooled one and there was almost no trub in the bottle but it took 2 months to carb.


Nablis is offline Reply With Quote
Reply
Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bottling bigger beers chemicalcraig General Techniques 4 11-03-2009 05:35 PM
do bigger beers take longer to carb? jigidyjim Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 10 10-05-2009 12:13 AM
Bottle time for bigger beers Cerpintine General Beer Discussion 6 07-21-2009 07:31 PM
Bigger beers and bottle carbination mjking77 Bottling/Kegging 5 05-22-2008 03:30 PM
Does anyone else rarely brew bigger beers? Soulive General Beer Discussion 58 02-02-2008 01:07 PM





Contact Us - Top - Privacy - All times are GMT. The time now is 01:45 PM.
Copyright © Group Builder, Inc - All Rights Reserved
Craft Beer & Brewery Forum