cold conditioning time scales?

[nicktherockstar]

Morning!!!

Due to a lack of room in my conditioning fridge I cannot ‘cold condition’ all my brews until drinking. Now as there are many bottle conditioned beers out there, I relalise they must spend a long time out in room temp after conditioning before supping. So my question is if I cold condition for say… 3 weeks, will I be ok just taking them out and leaving at room temp until supping, or would a longer cold condition be better?

I guess what I am asking is during conditioning what is the point at which the temp no longer matters (within reason)

Cheers

Nick

[nicktherockstar]

ah cheers Daab, In that case I will just cold conditon for as long as I can (this is however after a week bottled at room temp to carbonate) then take out and leave at room temp to make room for the next batch:o)

[CrownCap]

I've tried cold conditioning a couple of small batches (2 x 12 bottles) fro about 3 weeks to bring them along a bit quicker in terms of getting them to drop bright. Certainly worked in that respect but I can't really say it made much difference in terms of how the flavour developed versus those that were not subjected to a cold spell.

[nicktherockstar]

sorry noob question... drop bright? do you mean to clear?


cheers otherwise though. Yes I was under the impression the cold kills of any living yeast quicker and makes it sink faster, it very well might be a complete waste of time, but I splashed out on the fridge now so it shall be used!!! hehe

[CrownCap]

Bright, clear, fine... all pretty much the same thing

Don't think the fridge can do any harm if nothing else it'll certainly mean you can serve at the correct temperature - and that is probably far more important than the storage temperature (at least in the time scales us noobs consume our brews in! )

[nicktherockstar]

haha yes ineedy!!!

the week old werry, though green did taste very nice as it had been held at spot on 10-11c for a good week.

ales are a hard thing to get right as 11-13c is a funny temp to get for serving. lagers.. stick them in the fridge for a few hours and your sorted. ales is about timing, you have to put it into the fridge for just the right amount of time! ... or maybe thats just me!