Chilling First Home Brew

[jmartie13]

How long? 2-weeks ago I bottled, will there be any differences if I chill for an hour vs 48 hours? Just put 4 in the fridge for the next brew day (sunday) and the more I think about it (drink IPA) the more I want to crack one tonight / tomorrow. Just curious of different opinions. cheers!

 

[Yooper]

The difference will be just in the co2 level/absorption. Co2 dissolves better in cold beer, so the one you open in an hour might be lesser carbonated in the beer, but with a foamier head.

Letting it sit colder for longer will mean more carbonation throughout the beer. At least this is true for young beer- once it's fully carbed up, this won't matter as much.

 

[jmartie13]

Interesting, I ended up opening one. it didn't foam up, it was carbed....reminded me of a lower carbed beer, like a stout or something, wonder if I have a low priming sugar issue.... I used 3.1oz of corn sugar for 3.8 gallons of beer.

 

[billl]

2 weeks is really on the low end of how long you'll need to bottle carb a beer. Give it another week, then chill for a couple days and try another one.

 

[BigFloyd]

It's probably produced the right amount of CO2, but it hasn't yet absorbed it back into solution. What temp did you carbonate at? Cooler temps at this stage = longer to carbonate.

I'd take it back out of the fridge and let it sit at 70*F for another 2 weeks then put it in the fridge for at least 2 days. Bet it'll be better.

 

[Pelican521]

The advice I got from the pros here was 3 weeks bottle conditioning @70 degrees. That being said, I too tried one at the two week mark (last week) and then again tonight. What a difference that third week made!

Mine last week looked exactly like yours, here's what mine looked like tonight.

 

[jmartie13]

Great Info, I carbed @ 68 F. I used the chart in John Palmer's book to figure out the ratio, thinking where I'm storing the beer may be too cold....hmmm, though, it taste amazing, and I enjoyed every last drop, but...I would have enjoyed more with a little more carb.

 

[jmartie13]

That looks good. I have carbonation envy.

 

[badclamz]

That looks good. I have carbonation envy.

yes, but at least you didnt prematurely carbonate

 

[jmartie13]

Touche'