The thing says 2-3 weeks for the best flavour but they'll be ready in a week.
They say the flavour improves as the CO2 bubbles get smaller, but that sounds like shit to me.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:14, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Large CO2 bubbles taste horrible
Everyone knows that.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:16, Reply)

It's sort of shit and sort of not.
the bubbles get smaller with increased pressure, which comes from more CO2 from a longer bottle ferment, which changes the solubility equilibrium of the CO2:carbonic acid, so changes the flavour.

However, there aren't really that many bubbles until you actually open the bottle, at which point it's at AP and so all bubbles are more or less the same size.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:18, Reply)

No, cobra is brewed wth smaller bubbles to make it easier to drink with curry.
Evry Fule No Dat.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:19, Reply)

yes. yes, it is.
Pressure/vapour/liquid equilibria are completely invalidated by Cobra. It's magic.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:21, Reply)

The bubbles are snake shaped.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:22, Reply)

cobra has smaller bubbles - 104 million
cobra doesn't have smaller bubbles - 28.1 million

You are only 27% correct, or to put it another way, you are over two thirds wrong.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:24, Reply)

I'll take scientific fact over the opinions of 100 million fucktards
any day, ta.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:25, Reply)

You should check all those 104million results
and see how many people have replied with "no it hasn't"
(PsychoChomp, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 10:28, Reply)