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jaquiss2005

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Been brewing for a while now and set up a brew fridge recently to control temperature via an inkbird. Usually leave beer to ferment for around a fortnight and then rack off and leave another fortnight before bottling or putting in a pressure barrel. Should barrel / bottles be kept and a specific temperature at this stage, and if so why and for how long? Normally just brew basic beers (pale malt & crystal) or porter style.
 
Hi!
I usually carbonate at the same temperature at which the wort was fermented. I assume that you reduce the temperature during the second fortnight after racking?
After bottling/barrelling you need to leave the beer for two weeks to carbonate, longer if your temperature is lower than 20°C.
 
Two weeks in the bottle/barrel to carb up. I don't do this in my brew fridge and just leave them at room temp so around 18c.

I then put them in the garage for minimum of two weeks to condition
 

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