Conditioning beer for bottling

[nobby]

I have read on here somewhere the best way to condition beer for bottling is after it finished rack it off into another FV for a week or so.

Is this the best way? Also will there be enough yeast for the secondary fermentation in the bottles

[BarryNL]

Ah, secondary fermentation - one of the great controversies. Some people swear by racking a beer to a secondary vessel after a week and some don't bother. If anything the amount of debate simply shows that it probably doesn't make much difference either way. Personally, I think the risk of oxygenating the beer during racking is greater than any slight benefit you get by doing it.

I wouldn't worry about yeast though, a week in primary followed by a couple of weeks in secondary will still leave plenty of yeast for priming.

[dartgod]

I would venture to say that there will be plenty of yeast even after a couple months in the secondary......it may take a little longer to carb but I've left many ales in the secondary for extended periods of time and have never had to add yeast at bottling......

[Grot]

I've found that I have less yeast sediment in my bottles if I use a secondary, but I really started using them to free up my fermenter so I could get a new batch started sooner. I've gone as long as three months and didn't need to add more yeast to get carbonation.

[Phat Cat]

I stopped doing a secondary almost a year ago and haven't looked back. Of course I keg, but I think I would do the same even if I was going to bottle a batch.