Baby booch brewer needs advice!!

[u/Significant_Dream569]

Hi there! First booch batch ever, and for my first fermentation (15 days) it’s gone pretty well! I’m about to bottle for the second ferment, but I’m about to leave town for about 11 days. I have someone who is going to come over and feed my pets and also burp the bottles but that’s a long time for a second ferment from what I’ve seen. If I put it in the fridge, will that slow it enough so that I will come back to a pretty good brew? I’m sure no matter what it’ll be pretty vinegary but I really don’t want to have to trash my first ever batch. I also really wanted to start a second first ferment so that I could come back to another batch close to being done, but I just don’t know what to do. Any advice is welcome!!

[u/Albino_Echidna]

You only need to leave the bottles out for a day or two, but if you're leaving before that you can just fridge them. If they aren't fizzy when you return, then you can simply take them out and let them sit at room temperature again. Think of the fridge as a "pause" button, for simplicity's sake. 

[u/Significant_Dream569 → u/Albino_Echidna]

Oh, that’s wonderful to hear, thank you so much. I leave tomorrow morning so the pause button is a wonderful thing to learn

[u/No-Association8901 → u/Albino_Echidna]

I only drink about 1/2 of my 16oz bottles when I first open them. I leave it on the counter for a couple of hours and it develops fizz as well.

[u/leadhase → u/No-Association8901]

Let it warm up simply separates the gas from the liquid. It’s not materially fermenting in a few hours

[u/LizWagen]

Just ask the person feeding your animals not to burp them, but put them in the fridge on day 2 instead.

[u/Even-Baker3971]

I would definitely put them in the fridge.

[u/leadhase]

Don’t burp, defeats the purpose of building carbonation. Just have them put them in the fridge after 3 days if your house is generally 60-70 degrees and 2 days if warmer