will my beer carbonate at 35-45 degrees F (1-10 C)?

Hi guys!

I just made my first Hefeweizen beer. I bottled it with app. 5 g of sugar. Will my beer carbonate in a cellar at app 35-45 F or do I have to move it to 70 or so? Because my last beer had no foam and i waited for 3 weeks or even more, so I don't want to spoil this one . Thanks!

oook i will. for how long should I keep them at 70 (threee weeks or so)? and should I after the carbonation put them back at 35?? will this affect taste of the beer? and yes I ment 5g per bottle

3 weeks should be good, and then putting them back to 35 will be perfect, they will settle and clear out.

As an experiment I placed 5 fresh bottles in my primary room at 16C and 5 bottles in regular dry storage (20-22C). After 2 weeks the 5 bottles in my fermentation (Cold) room feel like they did the day I bottled em. The ones in the dry storage have firmed up considerably and worth a test drive.. Even a few degrees is making a huge difference. At your temp,I agree with whats stated above. I could only assume no carb will happen. You should put Lager in it's place. However, you haven't ruined your beer.

unionrdr said:

Also,beers carbonate faster than they condition. They may be carbonated & pretty good at 3 weeks,but are often peaking at 4 or 5 weeks. Plus at least a week in the fridge goes a long way for good head & longer lasting carbonation.

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I noticed this too. It's hard to keep beer in my fridge untouched for a week tho ... 2 days seems to be the status quo... Haha. I am putting in some beer for the super bowl this weekend. I bet its gone by Thurs... :rockin: