joeirvine
Well-Known Member
I brewed an Irish Red two weeks ago that I'm planning on saving for St. Paddy's day. I've done the recipe before and I call it Irish Republican Ale or IRA for short... Anyways, since it is for St. Paddy's day I upped the fermentables a bit and after all is said and done, it seems my Notty has gotten the beer to around 8%. Just to add a little more Irish-ness to the concauction I've considered adding a pint of Jameson's into the mix.
With ABV already being decently high, will this cause a problem in the bottle conditioning? I usually let the beer sit for a month before checking for carbonation, but I have a few things working against me. One being a high ABV, Two if I bottle this weekend I have a month and a half for conditioning, and Three... I'm a poor college student in on the border of Canada so we have our heat turned down pretty low and the house average temp is less that 60F.
Is it doable, or should I just get that stuff bottle with out the whiskey and hope a month and half at 55 degrees is sufficient?
With ABV already being decently high, will this cause a problem in the bottle conditioning? I usually let the beer sit for a month before checking for carbonation, but I have a few things working against me. One being a high ABV, Two if I bottle this weekend I have a month and a half for conditioning, and Three... I'm a poor college student in on the border of Canada so we have our heat turned down pretty low and the house average temp is less that 60F.
Is it doable, or should I just get that stuff bottle with out the whiskey and hope a month and half at 55 degrees is sufficient?