Steiner
Well-Known Member
At what temperature should one cold condition their beers after carbonation?
After the beers are fully carbed, I typically (or at least try to) leave them at room temperature for a couple more weeks and then throw them in the fridge for however long I feel like leaving them. I aim for two weeks, sometimes more. Correct me along the way if you've got any suggestions. Throughout this time, I'm sampling of course- a little quality control- to check on the progress.
My question is, at what temperature should I have my fridge at while cold conditioning? My concern is that I might have it set too low. I don't have a built in thermostat so I put a thermometer in to check the temp. I just filled it with beers, so I'm going to give it some time before it reaches it's typical temperature. I'll let you know when I find out, but let me know what you think.
I think it might be set too low because (this may be completely irrelevant) when i crack one of the beers open from this fridge I have happened to notice less carbonation crack sound and there is no head. Granted, there could be other reasons, it's just a correlation I noticed. Could this be something?
Also, one of my beers just doesn't have any head at all. It was in a primary and secondary each for several months and I'm worried the yeast might have fallen asleep along the way and not done their job.
Thanks for the help!
After the beers are fully carbed, I typically (or at least try to) leave them at room temperature for a couple more weeks and then throw them in the fridge for however long I feel like leaving them. I aim for two weeks, sometimes more. Correct me along the way if you've got any suggestions. Throughout this time, I'm sampling of course- a little quality control- to check on the progress.
My question is, at what temperature should I have my fridge at while cold conditioning? My concern is that I might have it set too low. I don't have a built in thermostat so I put a thermometer in to check the temp. I just filled it with beers, so I'm going to give it some time before it reaches it's typical temperature. I'll let you know when I find out, but let me know what you think.
I think it might be set too low because (this may be completely irrelevant) when i crack one of the beers open from this fridge I have happened to notice less carbonation crack sound and there is no head. Granted, there could be other reasons, it's just a correlation I noticed. Could this be something?
Also, one of my beers just doesn't have any head at all. It was in a primary and secondary each for several months and I'm worried the yeast might have fallen asleep along the way and not done their job.
Thanks for the help!