Secondary/Bottle time ratio for Belgian Tripel?

[climateboy]

Hi, all.

I brewed a Tripel on Oct. 19th. I'll rack it to the secondary not later than Nov. 9th or so (after three weeks)...the goal is to have it ready for a feast on January 30, 2009.

My question is, how long should I leave it in the secondary, and how long should I give it in the bottle?


Thanks,

CB

 

[climateboy]

**crickets**

 

[Parker36]

I would probably bottle between Christmas and New years

 

[climateboy]

Thank you, sir. And would you add a bottling yeast?

 

[Parker36]

Nope, should be just fine. I actually did a Trippel/Golden Strong on a very similar time table last year. I ended up waiting until the middle of February to drink though, but it was damn good then and then peaked over the summer. I had a bottle right before the GABF and either it was bad bottle, or it lost a lot of its complexity.

 

[climateboy]

That's great, thanks so much. I'm hoping it will all get drunk quick--going to be an epic birthday feast, hopefully.

 

[Parker36]

Anything involving Trippel ends up epic in one way or another

 

[climateboy]

Yah, and pairing it with a Chimay Red, so it will be a Tripel-Dubbel night (as I'm turning 34).