aging question

[blowmax10]

so i started out doing the 1-2-3 method and then found that 1-3-4 worked better

1 week primary - 3 weeks secondary - 4 week bottles

My question is that now that i have switched over to kegs and forced carbonation what should the formula be??

Thanks

 

[lordbeermestrength]

It has been argued over the necessity of secondary fermentation... I am one to tend to agree that we don't really need it. I keg, and personally bulk aging in cornies works just fine. I usually go a week or 2 (maybe longer depending on the beer, maybe less) in the primary, then co2 purge in a corny and crash cool after I am certain fermentation has completed.

The bottom line is there really isn't a set "formula" for fermentation. It all depends on your beer style, and what you want out of it.

 

[Tech211]

It depends, of course. For a moderate beer I go with three weeks in the primary and three weeks in the keg.

 

[beerthirty]

I do 2-3 in primary then crash cool in the primary for 1 @ 35* F. Rack to a cornie and age at least 2-3 weeks. The last week of aging I will toss in bagged dryhops straight to the cornie.