MarzBock
Well-Known Member
Okay, so I was feeling like an experiment.. here's what I did.
I brewed the Fat Squirrel clone, partial mash (high OG around 1.080)... fermented it out on Safale-05 in about 10 days at 60-63F. Transfered to a secondary and let it sit for a week. NO activity in the airlock, I mean DEAD.
So, I bottled as normal with 5oz corn sugar. I tasted the beer and it was extremely hoppy. I'm not a big fan of super-hoppy beers, so I figured that this one will have to sit for a month in the bottles to mellow out. I had an old packet of Saflager yeast sitting around (expired around Sept-2010) that I had no plans for, so I went ahead and pitched half the packet (~5g) and bottled the beer.
My plan was to let the bottles sit in the garage for a month. Garage temps range from 40Fs at night, up to maybe 55F peak during the day.
I'm hoping for a nice clean finish on this beer. Honestly I have never done anything like this and I have no idea what will happen.
Question: Do you think these bottles will carb up nicely at such a low temp? Normally, I would leave my bottles at around 68-70F for 3 weeks with good results. I assume it would take longer at a lower temp, but HOW long is the question.
thanks
Marz
I brewed the Fat Squirrel clone, partial mash (high OG around 1.080)... fermented it out on Safale-05 in about 10 days at 60-63F. Transfered to a secondary and let it sit for a week. NO activity in the airlock, I mean DEAD.
So, I bottled as normal with 5oz corn sugar. I tasted the beer and it was extremely hoppy. I'm not a big fan of super-hoppy beers, so I figured that this one will have to sit for a month in the bottles to mellow out. I had an old packet of Saflager yeast sitting around (expired around Sept-2010) that I had no plans for, so I went ahead and pitched half the packet (~5g) and bottled the beer.
My plan was to let the bottles sit in the garage for a month. Garage temps range from 40Fs at night, up to maybe 55F peak during the day.
I'm hoping for a nice clean finish on this beer. Honestly I have never done anything like this and I have no idea what will happen.
Question: Do you think these bottles will carb up nicely at such a low temp? Normally, I would leave my bottles at around 68-70F for 3 weeks with good results. I assume it would take longer at a lower temp, but HOW long is the question.
thanks
Marz