Tripel: secondary necessary?

[pangaeamaposa]

Hello, brewerfolk. This is my first post. I'm doing an AG tripel. Primary just about completed today, it went from 1.100 to 1.010 in less than a week. The recipe instructions from BYO say to bottle after primary fermentation is complete, 7-10 days and then bottle condition at 50 F for 2 months. Does this sound right or should it spend some time in a secondary? Pros? Cons?

 

[weirdboy]

On my last tripel that is what I did and it came out great. I had pitched it on a yeast cake from a witbier I had made, and it dropped to FG in about 3 days. I let it sit a few more days, then bottled exactly one week after pitching.

I didn't bottle condition at 50F though. More like 60's.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

I would let it bulk condition for longer than 7-10 days. At a minimum you need to make sure fermentation is complete.

Although you can bottle condition at 50, eventually you will need to bring it up to 70-75F to carbonate and finish conditioning.

 

[GuldTuborg]

I'd leave it a month in the primary and then bottle. Then I'd keep the bottles around 70F for 2 weeks or so, then take to a cooler place (your suggestion of 50F sounds spot on).

 

[Anubis]

I did six weeks in primary, cold crash for a week, bottle. Aged for two months and drank.