I just cracked my second test bottle of a Bavarian hefeweizen I bottled on 5/11. Fermentation was started pretty quick and dropped off quickly as well, but my FG readings were down around 1.002, so I'm confident it actually fermented.
This was an extract recipe. I boiled 5oz of corn sugar, cooled it, and added it to the bottom of the bottling bucket. I racked the beer on top of it, then bottled.
Problem is, the carbonation is very, very light. A slight hiss when I cracked the cap, a small head that dissipated quickly despite a vigorous pour. I've only tested two, and it's possible that others are better carbonated. In fact, I had two bottle bombs.
The interesting thing is that the batch before this was the same way--it was really 5 1gal batches, and some of them were actually well-carbonated. I'm wondering if these will prove to be the same, and what the cause is.
In my mind, the most likely culprit is that the corn sugar didn't get mixed well with the beer. This is only my 5th beer (assuming you count all the 1gal batches as a single batch), and I used pretty much the same process for my first three, that carbonated fine.
Any ideas?
This was an extract recipe. I boiled 5oz of corn sugar, cooled it, and added it to the bottom of the bottling bucket. I racked the beer on top of it, then bottled.
Problem is, the carbonation is very, very light. A slight hiss when I cracked the cap, a small head that dissipated quickly despite a vigorous pour. I've only tested two, and it's possible that others are better carbonated. In fact, I had two bottle bombs.
The interesting thing is that the batch before this was the same way--it was really 5 1gal batches, and some of them were actually well-carbonated. I'm wondering if these will prove to be the same, and what the cause is.
In my mind, the most likely culprit is that the corn sugar didn't get mixed well with the beer. This is only my 5th beer (assuming you count all the 1gal batches as a single batch), and I used pretty much the same process for my first three, that carbonated fine.
Any ideas?