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Originally Posted by DutchTeenCash
smart cause you have a container with a valve. Hey are you sure bout the 2 weeks? thats really really short.
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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer
This one has a tap with a fill valve to fill the bottles. As for the 2 weeks, no i'm not sure but thats what the directions said  |
2 weeks is pretty standard for primary fermentation provided it's not an ultra high-gravity beer.
Honestly, it usually doesn't even take that long. I've brewed production beers that have been done with primary inside 72 hours after pitching.
Better beers, however, typically have an additional conditioning (in the case of lagers, lagering) period which can go anywhere from 3 days to several months (depending on style and adjuncts)... maybe even a year+ in the case of some styles like barley wines. Conditioning can take place in any air-restricted vessel... for instance: a second fermenter, bright beer tank, beer bottle... or any combination of containers.
