Another beginners question

[Jonesy]

Afternoon apologies for what will seem a very obvious question, I have last night bottled half of my first brew and barrelled the other half, I put it back in the same place it was in the house which holds a very consistent 23 degrees.

Q1: Is 23c of for the first few days after bottling ? Or does the temperature need to be higher ?

Q2: How long should I keep it at that temperature?

Q3: On average what is a good conditioning time and temperature before sampling ?

I have searched on line and there seems to be so much info that it makes your head spin so ill ask here as I seem to find the best advise here.

PS It's an IPA

Thank you

 

[Toffee]

Does not need to be any warmer. General rule of thumb is 2 & 2 & 2. Two weeks ferment, two weeks warm condition (at fermenting or room temp) and then two weeks cold condition.

 

[Jonesy]

Oh excellent thanks for that, nice and easy to remember

 

[Jonesy]

Last question on this subject, how cold should cold conditioning be? Are we talking fridge or just a cooler environment

 

[CreweBrewer]

Last question on this subject, how cold should cold conditioning be? Are we talking fridge or just a cooler environment

I leave them in the garage to cold condition. The temperatures both in the day and during the night are perfect this time of year.

Dave

 

[melotone]

I store my bottles after the bottle fermentation in a small fridge and keep it there for a week at 5 degrees celsius. The beer clarifies quicker when you store it at colder temps. It's always handy to have fridge during the hotsummer days..[emoji28]

 

[Jonesy]

So it is actually ok to cold condition IPA in a fridge?

 

[melotone]

For IPA or any other beer final lagering in cold (fridge)temperatures is fine.