Carbonation

[FoundersBrew]

Het, how long do you guys let your bottles carb up before you put them in the fridge?

 

[bullinachinashop]

How warm are you conditioning them?

1.5 weeks for a wheat @ 70

2 months for a big beer @ 65

There are a lot of factors

Bull

 

[FoundersBrew]

How warm are you conditioning them?

1.5 weeks for a wheat @ 70

2 months for a big beer @ 65

There are a lot of factors

Bull

IPA conditioning at 72 DF.

 

[unionrdr]

I've been conditioning average gravity ales for 3-6 weeks at 70F. Then into the fridge for 5 days. I may cut back to 5 weeks instead of seven,since at 7+,the head seems to dissipate on my ales. More carbonation (bigger initial bubbles),quickly dissipating head. I had maybe 6 bottles out of 30 that had a high,velvety head.

 

[Zamial]

The other factor is bottle size. The larger the bottle the longer it will take.

 

[unionrdr]

It seems like that's be true,but not terribly. My 740ml (25.16oz) PET bottles supplied with the cooper's kit Took 2 carb drops instead of 1 that you'd use in 11.2-16oz'rs. At 3 weeks,they carbed up fine,head was good. 7 weeks +,& the reverse is true,carbonation out the wazoo,head gets weaker. So,I figured I'd try 5 weeks max & see if that works out better as a max conditioning time for average gravity brews.
You can check out my gallery to see what I mean.

 

[FoundersBrew]

I'm using 750ml btls, so I think I'm going to go four weeks.

 

[Hoosier-Brewer]

Hmmm, this makes me wonder when my Nut Brown in the Miller Lite home draft will be ready. I was thinking when the bottles are good, that would be good to, but maybe not...