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bennspriggs

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Hi home brewers.
Just tried my first stubbie of my golden ale home brew and tastes delicious! Problem is there is not carbonation other than a very slight fizz.. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great! I used carbonation drops and kept the beer two weeks in my pantry.
 
Time! The home brewers worst enemy and best friend, all wrapped up in one!

If you have fizz that means everything is working right! Give it another two weeks, stick one in the fridge for two days, try again!
 
How long has it been in the bottles?

I've found that there are rarely any carbonation problems, only patience ones.

The 3 weeks at 70 degrees, that we recommend is the minimum time it takes for average gravity beers to carbonate and condition. Higher grav beers take longer. Beers stored cooler than 70, take longer.

Stouts and porters have taken me between 6 and 8 weeks to carb up..I have a 1.090 Belgian strong that took three months to carb up.


Temp and gravity are the two factors that contribute to the time it takes to carb beer. But if a beer's not ready yet, or seems low carbed, and you added the right amount of sugar to it, then it's not stalled, it's just not time yet.

Everything you need to know about carbing and conditioning, can be found here Of Patience and Bottle Conditioning. With emphasis on the word, "patience." ;)

Carbing is foolprrof. You ad the right amount of sugar, leave it at the right temp, and it will carb.

If a beer isn't carbed by "x number of weeks" you just have to give them more time. If you added your sugar, then the beer will carb up eventually, it's really a foolroof process. All beers will carb up eventually. A lot of new brewers think they have to "troubleshoot" a bottling issue, when there really is none, the beer knows how to carb itself. In fact if you run beersmiths carbing calculator, some lower grav beers don't even require additional sugar to reach their minimum level of carbonation. Just time.or, some lower grav beers don't even require additional sugar to reach their minimum level of carbonation. Just time.
 
Even after 3 years I am impatient. I always stick a sixer by the baseboard heater and it is carbed in a couple days. Warm a couple up and get those yeastie beasties moving!
 
I think if a time machine is ever invented, it will be by a home brewer.
 
Haha cheers. I moved a sixer to a warmer area and will leave for another two weeks. I was just concerned that the yeast would be dead or something like that resulting in it not reacting with the sugars. I will give it time and warmth.
 
Haha cheers. I moved a sixer to a warmer area and will leave for another two weeks. I was just concerned that the yeast would be dead or something like that resulting in it not reacting with the sugars. I will give it time and warmth.

All fungus is incredibly resilient, and yeast especially so. If you ever find yourself wondering if your yeast is dead put that thought aside and start seeking other answers. Yeast is incredibly hard to kill.
 
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