Bottle conditioning vs Bulk conditioning

[jtmwhyte]

So my Imperial Stout will have been in the primary for 4 weeks this Friday and it's time to get it off the cake. I've been looking into the benefits of both forms of conditioning and am hoping to limit oxygen exposure by going straight to bottles and aging appropriately after a month to carb. Is there any issue with this procedure or is it still recommended that I be bulk aging in a secondary first?


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[jeffsmith]

So my Imperial Stout will have been in the primary for 4 weeks this Friday and it's time to get it off the cake. I've been looking into the benefits of both forms of conditioning and am hoping to limit oxygen exposure by going straight to bottles and aging appropriately after a month to carb. Is there any issue with this procedure or is it still recommended that I be bulk aging in a secondary first?


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Why not give it a few more weeks on the yeast cake and then go to bottles? With a big beer like that I'm sure the yeast could use the extra time to clean up after itself.

[jason.loxton]

My understanding, with a properly cleared beer, is that bulk conditioning gets slightly faster results, but that bottle conditioning will do an identical job eventually. (I think I picked that up off of a discussion on the Brewing Network, but I have no source). I'd say if you want to bottle age do that and just give 'er time.