So I'm going to break the patience rule...

[kh54s10]

I know everyone says to wait at least 2 weeks for bottle conditioning. Well I am impatient and also wish to educate myself. My Patersbier extract brew (first one getting ready) has been in the bottle for 1 week. I got 53 bottles so I think I have a couple for education. I put one in the fridge last night and will crack it tomorrow night. Then next weekend one more and the weekend after that another... This way I will learn the difference that time in the bottle makes. Anticipation.....

 

[lumpher]

not a bad thing to do when starting. you have to learn the differences week to week somehow, in how aging affects flavor and carbonation

 

[Whut]

No reason not to and like lumpher said, you'll learn how it changes week over week. Not just carbonation but taste as well.

 

[certaut]

check post # 30
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/waiting-hardest-part-263575/index3.html

 

[madbaldman]

Just don't do what I have done and tried a beer a week in bottle and said, "This is great!". After I hit the 3-4 week point when most of the beer was gone, I realized how good it could have been. Go ahead and start trying them but limit yourself or you're going to miss out on some really great beer.

 

[dnslater]

Most of us probably do this. I did this for my first 2 batches. Taste after a week, then 10 days, then 14, etc...... Fun to see how it develops. I now usually crack one at two weeks, as a few have been well carb'd and ready. I just brewed my 8th batch after just starting two months ago, so I'm finding it easier to put the bottles in the closet and forget about them.

My very first brew was an Irish coffee stout that has now been bottled for 7 weeks. Amazing how it subtly improved from week 3 to week 6.

 

[kh54s10]

Just don't do what I have done and tried a beer a week in bottle and said, "This is great!". After I hit the 3-4 week point when most of the beer was gone, I realized how good it could have been. Go ahead and start trying them but limit yourself or you're going to miss out on some really great beer.

I don't really think I will have a problem since in just over a month I have brewed 4 batches.

 

[BonnieJ]

We finished off our green beer in two weeks. Oops Except I did keep four, and I have two in the fridge that I'm going to drink shortly here (2+ months) and there are two in the closet that I'll have somewhere around 3 months.

I'm trying to keep up the pipeline even though I only have one fermenter for beer right now (the other has apfelwein in it). I brewed on the day I bottled with this last batch, and I'll do the same next time and see if I can keep up that way. Otherwise I need another fermenter (heck, I probably need another on anyway

 

[kh54s10]

I have carbonation. I can tell it is not quite ready. The head didn't last long and was large bubbled. The taste is very good but I can tell that it will be better!! Now to wait another week, and then another...:rockin:

 

[The_Professor]

QC testing is good and not the same as recommending short times to everyone.

 

[Revvy]

Just don't start a "my beer's not carbed" or "my beer taste like crap" thread, there are reasons why we say to wait, and it's not about trying to yank a noob's chains.

It's not like you can control when a beer is ready. Things take 3-6 weeks whether you can wait for them or not.

 

[el_kirk]

Don't do it, there are DEMONS in there! Kind of.

And yeah, if you start a thread about your beer not being carbed Revvy will get cranky. That's no fun for any of us.

Your beer will be good when you open it and a lot better if you give it some time. Biology happens at the speed of life.