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I brewed a Bock almost a month ago and racked it into two 10 litre mineral water containers for lagering. I only had room for one in the family frig and put the other in an esky in the coolest room in the house. The one in the frig has been at 2C and the one in the esky has been fairly constant at about 12C for about 3-4 weeks now and I'm getting ready to bottle them and looking forward to testing the difference between the final products.
Interesting thing is that the one in the esky has continued to produce lots of gas throughout this storage period. Every couple of days I have to vent the container and squeeze all of the gas out. A few days later it has ballooned out again.
This has happened consistently for nearly a month and I reckon would be easily enough to have carbonated the beer without priming if I had bottled it instead of storing it. The gas does not smell off, just beery. The one in the frig has produced no gas at all.
Questions:
1. Is this just CO2 coming out of solution or is it a byproduct of the conditioning during storage? Why does it come off one and not the other?
2. Does this mean that the one that has been kept cold still has all that gas dissolved in it? Should I bring it up to room temp before bottling? Should I give it less priming?
3. Can anyone recommend a commercial beer to compare my bock with?
I would appreciate your views.
Interesting thing is that the one in the esky has continued to produce lots of gas throughout this storage period. Every couple of days I have to vent the container and squeeze all of the gas out. A few days later it has ballooned out again.
This has happened consistently for nearly a month and I reckon would be easily enough to have carbonated the beer without priming if I had bottled it instead of storing it. The gas does not smell off, just beery. The one in the frig has produced no gas at all.
Questions:
1. Is this just CO2 coming out of solution or is it a byproduct of the conditioning during storage? Why does it come off one and not the other?
2. Does this mean that the one that has been kept cold still has all that gas dissolved in it? Should I bring it up to room temp before bottling? Should I give it less priming?
3. Can anyone recommend a commercial beer to compare my bock with?
I would appreciate your views.