How NOT to bottle condition!

Northern Brewer General
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I usually bottle condition for a minimum of 3 weeks before tasting. I keep the bottles enclosed in plastic stackable boxes.
I recently had to move some things around, and ended up putting one of those boxes on top of a dorm fridge.

The beers did not settle - they are super cloudy and smell strongly of yeast. The ones that were not on top of the fridge are OK.

I figure it was the vibrations from the fridge motor, keeping the beer in a state of agitation. I moved them and hope they will finish conditioning.

2

What’s your question? If you place them in the fridge, it should settle out. If you have the ability to keg, you can force carbonate, and then bottle from the keg. I have really good results doing this.

3

Plus I know my fridge gives off a bit of heat on top.

4

I hope there wasnt too much heat coming off the frig. I know hot temps can drastically speed up oxidation

5

No question, just telling an unforseen result from where I placed the bottles.

No detectable heat up there.