bottle conditioning

[pk]

How long do you guys leave your beer in bottles before drinking them?

i've a bottled brew out in the garage that seems to be taking a while to carbonate. Tried one at 8 days in the bottle and its flat. The answer of course is just leave it there for another week and check again but i was wondering how long do you all leave beer (pale ales) to condition?

Paul

[Gugs44]

You might want to bring em in at higher temps to carbonate and then put them out, I condition for about 4 weeks but they get better with time if you can wait

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

yep, agree with Gugs.

Minimum of 2 weeks at the same temperature it was fermented at, then pop out to the shed.
It wont carb at a low temp.

[LordEoin]

Yeah, i doubt your shed had enough warmth at this time of the year. bring it inside for a few weeks

the time depends on the beer for me.
hefewiezens here generally get opened pretty much as soon as they're carbonated.
Something mild and hoppy after a few weeks
Strong or dark get left for months.
but in general my preference for most beers is 2-3 months in the bottle

[molc]

Does the same apply for a force conditioned keg actually? As in, leave for 2-3 months and it gets better, like a bottled conditioned beer usually does...

[pk]

Thanks for replys. Comfirms what i suspected. Had 6 bottles inside for 8 days and they are carbonated (not a huge amount but not bad) and the rest are out in the shed and flat. Had started to leave almost everything outside due to lack of indoor space.

So I can just move all filled bottles indoors for a week or two and it should be ok.

[Gugs44]

Thanks for replys. Comfirms what i suspected. Had 6 bottles inside for 8 days and they are carbonated (not a huge amount but not bad) and the rest are out in the shed and flat. Had started to leave almost everything outside due to lack of indoor space.

So I can just move all filled bottles indoors for a week or two and it should be ok.

Should be grand ya, into a hot press or something, give em a little shake if you want, nothing too vigourous but just a little rock, they should be fine once you had enough priming sugar in your solution at bottling time