Ok, quick question here. I am going to be brewing up a winter ale for comsumption around Thanksgiving/Christmas. I am wondering after I rack it over to the secondary what would be better. To leave it in the secondary until the first nov then bottle or leave it in the secondary for 2-3 weeks then bottle beginning of oct and let it age in the bottle until thanksgiving.
The bottling in october is a little more appealing as I won't have one of my secondary tied up for months while the beer is aging. At the same time if I think I can get better quality/tasting beer from leaving it in the secondary until Nov I would prefer that, and just go buy a 3rd carboy for secondary fermenting.
What are your thoughts?
The bottling in october is a little more appealing as I won't have one of my secondary tied up for months while the beer is aging. At the same time if I think I can get better quality/tasting beer from leaving it in the secondary until Nov I would prefer that, and just go buy a 3rd carboy for secondary fermenting.
What are your thoughts?