Storing Bottles

[Bert]

Hi,  just about to bottle my first brew (Coopers XPA) in a day or 2. They say to store in a cool dry place about 14 degrees for minimum 2 weeks.

If you want to leave longer should they be refrigerated or just kept in cool dry place until ready to drink?

[Captain 3 Droids]

17 hours ago, Bert said:

Hi,  just about to bottle my first brew (Coopers XPA) in a day or 2. They say to store in a cool dry place about 14 degrees for minimum 2 weeks.

If you want to leave longer should they be refrigerated or just kept in cool dry place until ready to drink?

14C is too cool for carbonation to be effective. Store your bottles at around 18 to 20C, carbonation from the sugar drops will take about 2 weeks and you can chill and try one then. Once carbonated you should leave a bit longer for the brew to mature, 6 weeks is good however you don’t need to refrigerate until preparing to consume. Storage after the 2 weeks should be at general ambient temperature, not above 24C if you can help it.

Note, light is not good for beer so store in boxes, crates with newspaper on top, wardrobe etc.

Edited May 23, 2020 by Barrelboy

[Captain 3 Droids]

Bert, also have a look in the thread “BrewArt Banter” (down the bottom of main forum page) the subject “Bottle Beer Consumption Time”.

Should find it interesting.

Cheers Mark

Edited May 23, 2020 by Barrelboy

[Bert]

Thanks again Mark. My Coopers XPA is coming up to 8 days in the droid now.

[Captain 3 Droids]

17 minutes ago, Bert said:

Thanks again Mark. My Coopers XPA is coming up to 8 days in the droid now.

Still ok, I have noted with fermentation records the age of the yeast can effect the length of fermentation. Had one recipe where fermentation had been 7, 8, 7, then an 11day. 

[Commander Robo-Timo]

On 23/05/2020 at 12:13 AM, Captain 3 Droids said:

14C is too cool for carbonation to be effective. Store your bottles at around 18 to 20C, carbonation from the sugar drops will take about 2 weeks and you can chill and try one then. Once carbonated you should leave a bit longer for the brew to mature, 6 weeks is good however you don’t need to refrigerate until preparing to consume. Storage after the 2 weeks should be at general ambient temperature, not above 24C if you can help it.

Note, light is not good for beer so store in boxes, crates with newspaper on top, wardrobe etc.

Captain, How about 16C? I have bottles spending the time around 16C. Will I get some fermentation and carbonation? Will it mean a longer wait or will I need to move to a warmer location? We are winter up here. I have 10 Liters of Weisbier in secondary right now. Cheers!

[Captain 3 Droids]

18 minutes ago, Commander Robo-Timo said:

Captain, How about 16C? I have bottles spending the time around 16C. Will I get some fermentation and carbonation? Will it mean a longer wait or will I need to move to a warmer location? We are winter up here. I have 10 Liters of Weisbier in secondary right now. Cheers!

16C will be ok Commander but it will take a bit longer to carbonate, 3 weeks would probably be the minimum. However if you intending to leave longer then no problems.

As a tip if you bottles are in boxes/crates put a jumper or the like over the top of the bottles and this will kelp to increase the bottle temperature. 
Kind regards

[Commander Robo-Timo]

2 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said:

16C will be ok Commander but it will take a bit longer to carbonate, 3 weeks would probably be the minimum. However if you intending to leave longer then no problems.

As a tip if you bottles are in boxes/crates put a jumper or the like over the top of the bottles and this will kelp to increase the bottle temperature. 
Kind regards

Thanks, good idea. I'll find out what a jumper is and put that over the bottles. 🙂

I thought about covering them because I recall the process of fermentation produces alcohol, CO2, and heat. 

The big problem is I already finished my previous brewart brew and will be drinking commercial beer until this one finishes up. Time is not in my favor. I really need at least one more Droid or less people visiting me and drinking my stuff. Get your own Droid, dude. 

[Captain 3 Droids]

Another droid is a must, a necessity of life.
I know your feeling about visitations, my adult sons drop in and in the same breath it’s “hi dad, what’s on tap?” 🙂. It is nice that others enjoy your beers and it’s good to have another point of view as to the brewed outcome however it does put pressure on replenishing stocks.

Commander Sir, a jumper is usually of knitted wool construction however other materials are used. Example below, what do you call them?

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[Commander Robo-Timo]

15 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said:

Another droid is a must, a necessity of life.
I know your feeling about visitations, my adult sons drop in and in the same breath it’s “hi dad, what’s on tap?” 🙂. It is nice that others enjoy your beers and it’s good to have another point of view as to the brewed outcome however it does put pressure on replenishing stocks.

Commander Sir, a jumper is usually of knitted wool construction however other materials are used. Example below, what do you call them?

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I got a good laugh out of your jumper definition, and picture.  We call them sweaters. Even they are out of fashion. Everybody seems to wear sweatshirts or hoodies now-a-days.

I've included images of jumpers and sweatshirts to complement your sweater image. 

[Commander Robo-Timo]

On 20/02/2021 at 4:08 PM, Commander Robo-Timo said:

I got a good laugh out of your jumper definition, and picture.  We call them sweaters. Even they are out of fashion. Everybody seems to wear sweatshirts or hoodies now-a-days.

I've included images of jumpers and sweatshirts to complement your sweater image. 

How sweet, look what my good wife did....jumper joy: