I'm a noob brewing my first batch (triple hopped ale), and I'm almost ready to bottle. The problem/question I have is my house is a cold house, at 62 degrees. I'm wondering if this is too cold for bottle storage preventing carbonation? Has anyone stored their newly bottled stuff around these temps?
Bottle Storage Temps
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Six_O_Turbo
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That's warm enough to carbonate. It may take a bit longer than average, but 3 weeks or so and your beer should be carbonated.
rsquared
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Cooler temps may slow down carbonation, but that's not nearly cold enough to prevent carbonation completely.
Don't even bother opening them for 6 weeks or so at that temp. My loft in the winter is around that, and it can take upwards of 6-8 weeks for them to carb up. For normal beers that is.
If you have a room with a water heater, washer and dryer, of even your furnace I would set them close to those heat sources.
If you have a room with a water heater, washer and dryer, of even your furnace I would set them close to those heat sources.
Six_O_Turbo
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Any large (especially sudden) temperature swings are not good for the beer, but 10 degrees over a a day or two won't have a noticible detrimental impact.
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