Aging in fermenter vs bottle

[Brooksraddysh]

Just brewed my first Dubbel. I want to age it for 4-6 months. It's what the recipe said for best taste. Fermentation is complete. Just wondering if I should age it in the bottle or bulk age in carboy? Pros? Cons? To both. I know traditionally they are bottle conditioned but is there a big taste difference if I keg it?

 

[Queequeg]

Belgium beers are all about the bottle conditioning, after it has had 3 weeks on the yeast cake, then imo it will continue to conditon perfectly in the bottle.

I would not keg, keep the keg free for beers that need to be forced carb'd. i.e. ipa's

 

[dwhite60]

Do it in the bottle. It'll be fine.

All the Best,
D. White

 

[Cyclman]

I have done both. Actually, I have bottle aged, bulk aged, and bulk aged with bottle ageing. All work fine, these beers take awhile to carb, even re-yeasting, so plan for time to do that.

I would never keg a Belgo beer.

 

[Brooksraddysh]

Thanks guys. I just finished bottling.