How long should I let the beer in the bottle before drinking?

[lappe001]

Dear all,

could someone please tell me now long em I supposed to let the beer in the bottle after fermentation is done and under what conditions of temperature? I suppose this depends if lager or ale. Please help!

Regards.

F.

 

[jeremy0209]

I leave mine in the bottle 2-3 weeks at room temp.

 

[morticaixavier]

I usually make it about a week before trying one and it's almost always not carbed yet. then I wait another three days, it's usually still not carbed. after that I buckle down and wait... another three days. it's usually starting to get there at that point. after 2-3 weeks it should be fine. If you have a warm place in to store it (~75-80 *F) it will happen faster. Many large pro breweries that bottle condition have special warehouses that are kept ~80 for bottle conditioning.

 

[lappe001]

same for all types of beer? what is your room temp? I live in south texas where the room temp rounds the 30 C.... :/

 

[kh54s10]

As far as carbonation, 2 weeks is about minimum. Usually it takes 3 weeks at around 70 degrees. Colder will take longer. Some high gravity beers will take longer.

As far as taste. ALL of my beers have tasted better at 3 weeks or longer. A high gravity malty beer might take many months to reach the optimum flavor.

I have had quite a few where the last beer was the best one. If only I had saved a few...

 

[cluckk]

lape001, I'm in South Texas as well so I know it can be hard to keep it cool. As for how long and how cool, it depends on the beer. Three weeks seems about right for carbonation and aging of most average gravity beers. However, most high gravity beers need longer than this--from a month to several months. During carbonation most beer do well in the low 70's F. The ambient temperature in my house is around 72 or so most of the year.

 

[lappe001]

Ok well thanks for the tips. I will brew my first batch somewhen next week (Blonde Ale). Ill let it in the bottles for 3 weeks at 72-75 F!!

 

[jlg4398]

I let my Blonde Ale sit in bottle for 10 days. Then refrigerate two days. It turn out very good.

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

same for all types of beer? what is your room temp? I live in south texas where the room temp rounds the 30 C.... :/

I know by now you have your answer, but I never knew south Texas used the Celsius scale

 

[jekeane]

same for all types of beer? what is your room temp? I live in south texas where the room temp rounds the 30 C.... :/

You aren't from TX if you use the C... Im pretty sure it's a capital offense there to use the metric system. It's one of the many warning signs that you may be a communist or worse a democrat...

 

[Terek]

mine usually carb up in 3-5 days. If you secondary (dont!) it will take a lot longer (2-3 weeks). There is almost nothing benefitial to secondarying beer, so why do it. The only beers i have had take longer than a week to carb were secondaried.
That said, aging is completely different than carbing. Lighter bodied beers like ipas i will let sit at room temp for 2-3 weeks to mellow out the flavors. Full bodied beers, and higher gravity like porters and stouts, i will let sit at room temp for min. 1 month. My oat stouts i like to let sit for 2-3 months, if i can help myself I cracked a wookey jack clone that has been on the mantle for 2 months last night, it was excellent. Then i opened an oat stout that was there for 6 months, it was almost orgasmic.