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Aging beer and carbonation level

Beer-Me

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Hello

I'm going to attempt a brew and age it with oak cubes.  Going to add the cubes to the secondary.  I never aged a beer so was wondering, after the aging process, say 6 months or so, will there be enough active yeast to respond to the corn sugar and produce carbonation after it is bottled?  Or is there another step involved to ensure the be is carbonated.

Thanks
 
Six months on oak cubes is probably too much time.  I usually age mine for a couple or three weeks at most.  My suggestion is to taste it after each week and bottle when the oak is where you want it.  Oaking on cubes, chips or spirals doesn't take too long.
 
Scott

So after aging the beer for an extended period, it will still have carbonation after bottling?
 
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