I have a recipe that says to leave the beer in primary for 1 week, secondary for 1 week, and bottled/kegged for 3 weeks before drinking. My question is how important are the boundaries between those three stages as long as the overall time from start to finish is the same?
I know that the beer needs to be done fermenting before leaving primary and that there needs to be enough time in the bottle/keg for carbonation, but other than that do the relative times matter much? For example is changing it to 2 weeks in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, and 1 week in bottle/keg going to cause a problem?
I know that the beer needs to be done fermenting before leaving primary and that there needs to be enough time in the bottle/keg for carbonation, but other than that do the relative times matter much? For example is changing it to 2 weeks in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, and 1 week in bottle/keg going to cause a problem?