Storing bottles after fully carbed.

I currently don't have the room to store all my brews in a fridge after they are bottle conditioned. Is keeping them at room temperature for extended periods of time affecting my brews in a negative way, or should I convince SWMBO that I really need a dedicated fridge for my brews.

 

No, your beer will be fine.

Yes, you still need to convince your S.O. that you really do need a dedicated fridge or two.

TB

 

Beer will be completely fine.

 

I'm forced to store mine in covered boxes in the bedroom. But fridging them after they're fully carbed would help the hop flavors last longer.

 

^This!

 

Also helps with minimizing both oxidation and growth of anything funky, as those will both happen faster at higher temps.

Basically, once a beer tastes the way you want, cold storage is optimal. But room temp storage is not a disaster.

 

Cold is the best, but room temp is okay. Just make sure the temp is steady. Changing temps are bad. Try to find an closet in the middle of your house if you can. They are typically the most temperature stable.

 

Keep them out of the sunlight and don't feed after midnight!

I've kept about a hundred or more bottles in my back office with the shades down. avg temp is about 74 degrees in summer, 65 in winter. They seemed to be fine

 

worst comes to worse, just drink them faster.

 

that's my solution to the storage problem. Store them in you stomach quickly

 

My basement is holding at a steady 65°, I would be happy to help with storage. Might have to send the bottles back empty to afford the shipping though.

 

Hey! Hey! Hey!!

I need some advice here from this thread... So... the hubby & I brewed our first brew last Monday night - tonight - it's been 7 days since fermentation.... The bubbling of the beer - Bock - has slowed - to completely nothing. Just sitting there.. Waiting. I figure we will bottle next Tuesday - 11 days since first brewed.... My question is that our house sits at about 79Degrees during the day. Is this too warm for the beer to sit in bottles in a dark closet? Or, should I keep the bottles in my fermentation fridge & bump the temp up to about 72 from my brewing temps.? I can actually close our bedroom door & because the AC is next to our bedroom, it is cooler than the rest of the house... I actually want to go ahead & start with my second brew as soon as I bottle the brew I have now!! So, that would need to be in my fermentation fridge - at cooler temps - unless you guys think the house temps are too warm.. I might have to wait to brew the next batch...

What do you guys thinks!?


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70-72 seems to be a good temperature to condition beer in the carbonation phase. Charlie Bamforth has written that exposing beer to temperature higher than that will lead to fast degradation of flavor and quality. Yours to decide, I think. If you will be drinking them quickly, just put them in the fridge for a few days before popping the top. Room temp should be okay.

 

What others have said - cold is best but room temp is OK.

 

Check your FG before you decide the beer is done fermenting. Lack of bubbles is no indicator of fermentation status.

When you bottle, they should be fine and will carb up with no problems.

 

First off, welcome to the hobby! Having a fermentation fridge starting out is definitely a plus!

I don't think 79 is too hot for just carbonating the bottles - but after a couple of weeks I'd put them someplace a bit cooler. Back when I bottled I used to put them in beer case boxes after they were carbed and stacked them in the coolest room in the house. Then I would restock the fridge as room permitted. I think yours will be just fine.

BTW, I see y'all live in Texas, too - whereabouts? We live near Brenham and it was 105 yesterday - expected to be the same again today (any hotter and we can do a protein rest just by going outside ). People have asked us how we get used to the heat. I tell them them I've lived here all my life and I still haven't gotten used to it. But I've been all over the place and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

 

What E-Mursed said.