Sticks_brew
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Troglodyte,This brew is just one of several batches I am making for a large birthday party (about 50-75 people). I had a decent schedule for when to start each brew to finish in time for the party (April 30), but I messed up my first attempt at this brew (see my earlier post about accidentally adding 4 oz of 60 min hops). I had to rebrew later than I wanted and feel like this will not be optimal by the time of the party. I bottle carb and here is my schedule, below; does anyone here bottle and have feedback on this beer's development based on a similar timeline?
Brewed 3/12/16:
Primary for 2 Weeks at 62 ramped up to 68.
Cold crash for 3 days
Bottled 3/30/16:
Bottle carb for 4 Weeks @ 66F
Cold crash for 3 days
Party!
Is this too rushed of a schedule for this beer, or would anyone change the timing at this point (carb for 3 weeks, cold crash longer)? If this is going to be too young to drink, I have no problem buying beer for the party and enjoying this later next month, but I need to plan accordingly, and hoping some people out there have gone G2G this fast or faster with good results.
BTW, my initial taste results with bottling dregs was very watery and lacking any real roastiness. I know this develops with time, I'm just hoping I have enough time.
I bottle conditioned for 2 weeks and put one bottle in the fridge one night and was drinking it the next night. Tasted very good. Now once I got to the last few bottles 4 weeks had past and it tasted just fine. So your time limit should be fine.