Hey all -
I've now done 6 batches of five gallon - mostly IPAs with a chocolate Porter mixed in. The first three batches had perfect carbonation. The last three had zero - the smallest of hisses when I open the bottle and then nothing in the glass. I've aged all the batches together - in the basement. Granted, it was 63-65 in the winter months but the first three were not affected. I used proper priming sugar in all of them and have since moved some upstairs (68-70 degrees) for a week+ and it hasn't helped. The only difference I can think of is I started using starsan in the bottles between the last good batch and the first bad batch but I would think that would be okay unless I didn't dilute it enough? Any other ideas what could've happened? I've used the same bottler throughout as well. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I've now done 6 batches of five gallon - mostly IPAs with a chocolate Porter mixed in. The first three batches had perfect carbonation. The last three had zero - the smallest of hisses when I open the bottle and then nothing in the glass. I've aged all the batches together - in the basement. Granted, it was 63-65 in the winter months but the first three were not affected. I used proper priming sugar in all of them and have since moved some upstairs (68-70 degrees) for a week+ and it hasn't helped. The only difference I can think of is I started using starsan in the bottles between the last good batch and the first bad batch but I would think that would be okay unless I didn't dilute it enough? Any other ideas what could've happened? I've used the same bottler throughout as well. Any help is greatly appreciated.