Time For Clearing in Bottle

[nowashburn]

Hi all,

Just finished bottling my first batch of home brew. It is an extract American Pale Ale done with a basic (no secondary) home brew setup I bought. It was in the primary for about 2 weeks before bottling and is pretty cloudy in the bottle. I was wondering how long I should keep it bottled before opening and how long / how much clearer it will get in the bottle. Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Some APAs are commonly a bit cloudy because they contain a large quantity of hop oils. If it was cloudy going into the bottle, it'll probably stay that way for quite a while, or idefinitely.
If it was fairly transparent going into the bottle, it's just a matter of a couple of weeks until carbonation is done, and the yeast will settle out fairly quickly.

 

[bierbrauer]

Best way is to let let them carb up until you think they are ready and transfer to a fridge or store somewhere cold and let them settle out and clear up. My clearest beer was a belgian dubbel which sat in a beer fridge (@7C) for several months before drinking.

 

[remilard]

It depends on what is causing the cloudiness.

If it is yeast, some take longer (or colder) to settle than others.

US05/WLP001/WY1056 (if thats the yeast you use) is not very flocculent. I happen to like this about it but most of the other american ale yeasts (Pacman, the Anchor ale strain etc) are more flocculent.