Hi all,
Been reading through a few threads on adding additional yeast to the bottling bucket when bottling big beers and I plan to do this in the future. My problem is that I have two large-ish to big (8% and 11.8% ABV respectively) beers that are currently sitting in bottles in my basement. The 11.8%er has been bottled for about 6 weeks or so (also 1 month primary, 4 months secondary) and the last time I had one it was pretty flat. The 8%er has been bottled for about three (2 weeks primary, 3 months secondary) and it is FLAT in both the 12 oz and 22 oz bottles that I have it in. So, I'm thinking that adding some rehydrated wine yeast would be a good idea to get these buggers carbed up.
My main question is regarding sanitation. Most of the thoughts I've read on this detail uncapping all the bottles and putting 1/4 tsp of rehydrated yeast+water in the bottle and recapping it. Now, I'm assuming that the caps are going to be sanitized but I am worried about what the opening of the bottle will do to the environment inside the bottle when I recap it. Am I just being paranoid? Or is this just how it's done and all will be RDWHAHB?
Thanks in advance
Been reading through a few threads on adding additional yeast to the bottling bucket when bottling big beers and I plan to do this in the future. My problem is that I have two large-ish to big (8% and 11.8% ABV respectively) beers that are currently sitting in bottles in my basement. The 11.8%er has been bottled for about 6 weeks or so (also 1 month primary, 4 months secondary) and the last time I had one it was pretty flat. The 8%er has been bottled for about three (2 weeks primary, 3 months secondary) and it is FLAT in both the 12 oz and 22 oz bottles that I have it in. So, I'm thinking that adding some rehydrated wine yeast would be a good idea to get these buggers carbed up.
My main question is regarding sanitation. Most of the thoughts I've read on this detail uncapping all the bottles and putting 1/4 tsp of rehydrated yeast+water in the bottle and recapping it. Now, I'm assuming that the caps are going to be sanitized but I am worried about what the opening of the bottle will do to the environment inside the bottle when I recap it. Am I just being paranoid? Or is this just how it's done and all will be RDWHAHB?
Thanks in advance