Bottle Conditioning Temperature

[nicklawmusic]

I've just bottled my first beer but exactly what temperature do these need to be stored at and for how long to carbonate and condition?

 

[NY_HomeBrew_Student]

Store them around 70 degrees in a closet or someplace away from light. Let them sit 3 weeks from bottling. Then place a bottle or two in the fridge for 48+ hours and pour into a glass leaving the sediment at the bottom of the bottle.

Whats the recipe/style?

Enjoy and keep us updated!!!

 

[nicklawmusic]

I'm not entirely sure I can get my house warm enough to a constant to 70F (I'm in the UK so I'm guess that's around 20C). They're wrapped in a thick wooly dressing gown in a plastic box at the moment in my kitchen.

 

[nicklawmusic]

It's a Newcastle Brown Ale type of beer

 

[NY_HomeBrew_Student]

20-21C is ideal but its OK if you can't let it condition at the temperature. About 3 weeks around a similar temp and it should be good to taste test. The lower the temperature the longer it will take to carbonate and condition properly. What temperature is it currently?

Even at 64-65F I would try one at 3 weeks and go from there. Little carbonation I'd wait a week. Decent carbonation I would wait a few days longer.

Hope this helps! Enjoy!

 

[butterpants]

My house alternates between 64 (night) and 68 (day). The only beers I've had issues with carbing were high gravity and extended times in secondary.

Everything else has bottle carbed perfectly in 2 weeks.

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[nicklawmusic]

The room temperature is generally round 14C unless we have the heating on, in which case it gets up to 17C.

I've covered all the bottles up in a thick wooly blanket and put my brew belt on top of it so there is some heat in the container, though I'm finding it hard to measure, even with a thermometer as the heat isn't evenly distributed (the belt is only so big).

The instructions on my beer kit say the bottles need two days at 18-20C then storing somewhere cold for a further two week.

 

[NY_HomeBrew_Student]

The room temperature is generally round 14C unless we have the heating on, in which case it gets up to 17C.

I've covered all the bottles up in a thick wooly blanket and put my brew belt on top of it so there is some heat in the container, though I'm finding it hard to measure, even with a thermometer as the heat isn't evenly distributed (the belt is only so big).

The instructions on my beer kit say the bottles need two days at 18-20C then storing somewhere cold for a further two week.

With your room temperature being on the low side it will definitely take longer for your bottles to carbonate. Since it is difficult to say what temperature the bottles are actually conditioning at I would wait a minimum of three weeks before I place a bottle in the fridge for 48 hours and then try it.

Be patient and wait the 3 weeks.

It is possible for it to be perfectly carbonated like butterpants' situation but from my experience the difference between the second and third week has made all the difference when bottle carbonating at temperatures at 65F~18C or less.

Hope this helps!