Timing?

[unclebrew]

Hello everyone.

I want to brew 2 different all grain beers for Christmas. I want to make a Vanilla Porter and an American IPA.

First, I do not want to make them the same week. I can make one of them soon, but will have to wait another two weeks to make the other. I will transfer both because I am adding ingredients (vanilla for the porter and more hops for the IPA).

I will bottle both beers after they have fermented for 4 weeks.

Now, if I follow my plan above, one of the beers will get bottled first and stay in the bottle longer than the other. Is this a big deal? If so, which beer mentioned above should I make first knowing it will be in the bottle longer?

Or, which of the beers should I make first and ferment longer? I can probably bottle them both on the same weekend.

As always, thanks for your help

 

[unionrdr]

I'd brew the porter first. IPA's should be drunk as fresh as possible,so watch the timing on that one. I got doubles on the bag of grains with the PM Traditional Stout kit from midwest. So I used BS2 to add some hops & grains I have stored to make another beer. So I'll have my Whiskely (the stout with oaked bourbon) & my Snowbound Porter with Vanilla. Those will take a lil while to get good,so Christmas should find them pretty good.

 

[jgarretson]

Brew the porter first. The IPA should be the fresher beer on Xmas.

 

[IslandLizard]

Porter first. It benefits from some aging, either in a secondary with the vanilla or bottled.
IPA last. You want to retain freshness and hop aroma. Count back from when you want them to be ready.

Bottle carbonation is 3 weeks. The dry hopping of the IPA will take 1 week, right before bottling. 3 weeks in primary is plenty. Secondary not needed or advised. Include 2-3 days of cold crashing before bottling to clear the beer.