Can you bottle condition too cold?

[HopRunner]

I bottled my Blonde ale last weekend and I always stick my bottles in the cupboard in the basement to condition. With this cold snap here on Oregon I think the bottles are down to between 50 and 55F.

I am using the S.F. Lager yeast WLP810 so I'm hoping it will be fine even if it takes a little longer.

I wonder if I should bring them upstairs for a few days or will they condition OK at the cooler temp? I made this batch especially for a new years party, for the BMC drinkers.

[Bugeater]

If you want them ready by New Year's Eve, you had better bring them upstairs. If you leave them in the cold they may be ready by Valentines Day. You can then invite JP over.

Wayne

[HopRunner]

Damn! OK then.

[iloman]

I'd also recommend moving them upstairs.

In my last batch I used Wyeast 1056. Fermentation was too good and it started to come out the airlock and onto the basement floor. After that it settled down, we bottled, and suddenly the basement temp dropped to about 64 degrees when we got hit with a cold front. It took about 5-6 weeks to carbonate when it usually takes about 2 weeks to get to the same level. Lucky I didn't have a deadline and was able to just let them sit for a bit.

[NHBrewer]

I would think with a lager yeast your beer would carb fine at those temps.
This is why some breweries use lager strains for bottling, you can get them to carb at relatively low temps.
BTW you can call it a blonde ale but if you ask me if you used 810 its a lager.

Chris

[HopRunner]

I would think with a lager yeast your beer would carb fine at those temps.
This is why some breweries use lager strains for bottling, you can get them to carb at relatively low temps.
BTW you can call it a blonde ale but if you ask me if you used 810 its a lager.

Chris

I have moved them upstairs to a cool part of the house. I need to make a measurement but I think it is still around 62F.

Yeah, I'm just calling it a blonde. It is 50% wheat and 50% pale two-row and a handful of acid malt, + Willamette hops.

I suppose it is technically some kind of wheat lager. I brewed this batch for two reasons. One was to have something not too Beer flavored for the bud-miller-coors drinkers. More importantly though, I wanted a clean platform to taste and test the WLP810 yeast. I brewed a nearly identical batch this summer and used the WPL008-East Coast Ale and I wanted to taste the difference. The WLP008 was very good and I could pick up a slight tart note from the yeast that added to the wheat beer flavor. Super clean but not as attenuated as the WPL001. I will definitely use the East Coast yeast again.

Thanks for everyone's advice.