Brew to bottles to fridge?

All the batches I've ever brewed and bottled, I've left the cases in the extra bathroom tub (roughly 70-72 degrees) for 3-4 weeks after bottling. Is there any benefit/harm in putting some of the bottles in the refrigerator for storage? Does it affect the taste or the carbination? I never thought about it till now.

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Jack Slopehead
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You probably NEED one to two weeks at room temperature for carbonation to develop. After that, it doesn't matter where you store them. If in the fridge, any "chill haze" will drop out after a few weeks a low temperature ("cold conditioning"). There might be some slight improvement in the taste from the cold conditioning as well, but you probably need more like "months" rather than "weeks" in the cold.

Derric

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Derric

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