14 More Days

My West Coast Pale Ale was in the fermenter for 14 days, and it just finished (i hope) carbonating for the past 14 days. The bottles are very firm which is a good indication that they are carbonated enough. Better yet, there were no bottle bombs! Now it is time to move the bottles into the fridge where they will condition for 14 days. During the conditioning phase, all of the CO2 that was produced in the carbonating phase is absorbed by the beer. You can try a beer after a few days conditioning, but everyone says the best results come from waiting the full two weeks (which I plan on doing).