Homebrew recipes often give information along the lines of "6-8 weeks maturation". What exactly does maturation mean here in terms of conditions? Is it the same as a secondary? Can the beer "mature" on the yeast? Does it have to be bottled/kegged before maturation starts? Is maturation warm or cold or does that depend on the type of beer (i.e. ale or lager)?
Topic maturation techniques homebrew
Category Mac
If the use of the term maturation comes after a period of "conditioning/carbonating" then I take it to mean just letting the beer get some age on it.
Often there are some styles of beer that do well to just sit around for a period of time. I don't always think it means on the yeast, but in the case of a bottle conditioned beer there will be some yeast in there. Actually all homebrew still has yeast in it unless filtered out.
I'd just take the time onto the carbonating process. But for any beer you make you should be sampling it on a weekly basis to see if the "maturation" process is needed, or for how long. Each batch of homebrew seems to have a time when it peaks, and that isn't necessarily the day after its completely carbed up.
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