In my Greg Hughes recipe book it gives an idea of "Ready to drink" in weeks and also a Conditioning time also shown in weeks. This works out to a week in the fermenting bin and then the rest of the time conditioning to reach the "Ready to drink" week. I'm a little confused as to where my process fits in as I normally go something like this...
If the recipe says 4 weeks conditioning I'm inclined to leave in the garage for 4 weeks till I think it's ready, do I count some of my extra week in the fermenting bin and 2 weeks carbonating towards my conditioning?
i.e. a recipe says ready to drink 5 weeks but it takes me 8 weeks.
I know it's all subjective and down to the taste at the end of the day. Basically I want to be able to tuck in as soon as possible, my scientific/patient brain says otherwise
- 2 weeks in fermenter
- 2 weeks in bottles in the warm 20/22C to carbonate up indoors.
- Move to garage for conditioning at 13C.
If the recipe says 4 weeks conditioning I'm inclined to leave in the garage for 4 weeks till I think it's ready, do I count some of my extra week in the fermenting bin and 2 weeks carbonating towards my conditioning?
i.e. a recipe says ready to drink 5 weeks but it takes me 8 weeks.
I know it's all subjective and down to the taste at the end of the day. Basically I want to be able to tuck in as soon as possible, my scientific/patient brain says otherwise