Cask conditioning before bottling

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Cask conditioning before bottling

Post by yeasty » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:29 pm

I've done my 4th all grain today and gone for Horden Hillbilly's house bitter recipe (Thanks Horden). I intend to bottle the brew and my question is I notice that on Hordon Hillbilly's site he recommends cask conditioning for 10-14 days before bottling. This is not something I've done before. Is this generally done before bottling? I am hoping the brew will be ready for Christmas and wonder if this would add a couple of weeks that I don't have.

Just wondered if most people go straight to bottles or always cask condition?
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Re: Cask conditioning before bottling

Post by Horden Hillbilly » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:34 pm

If you want this for Christmas, just leave this brew in your fv for 10 days, then bottle it. I do prefer to let my brews which I intend to bottle to drop bright & mature a little before I bottle them, that is why I give them a secondary for 10-14 days.

Hope that you enjoy my house bitter btw.
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