Hello Everyone.
I have been trying to bottle carbonate a low gravity Belgian Wit for almost 12 weeks now. I have tried to be patience with this process, but I think something has gone wrong.
OG = 1.042
FG = 1.010
Partial mash with DME. Fermented for 19 days in primary, 1 vial of White Labs yeast, fermentation went normal. Cold crashed at 35 for 2 days, then bottled 5 gallons with 4.5 oz of corn sugar, boiled with water and well stirred. Kept at 70 for 3 weeks, then tried one. Refrigerated for 2 days, opened the bottle, there was a small hiss, but the beer was flat..zero carbonation.
So, I shook them up..waited another week, same zero carbonation.
Repeat.
Repeat.
....
I checked the caps, they appear to have sealed fine.
About 6 weeks ago it was getting cold in the garage, so i brought them inside and even brought them up to 80 degrees for a week using a heating pad. But carbonation has not improved at all.
There is a decent amount of yeast on the bottom of the bottle; around the same amount i normally see in my bottle conditioned beers.
I have probably opened 10-12 beers at this point. Is adding fresh yeast my only option here? From what I have read, I really didn't think this would be a problem with a low gravity ale. Any idea's what could have gone wrong? Everything seemed very normal with this batch.
I have been trying to bottle carbonate a low gravity Belgian Wit for almost 12 weeks now. I have tried to be patience with this process, but I think something has gone wrong.
OG = 1.042
FG = 1.010
Partial mash with DME. Fermented for 19 days in primary, 1 vial of White Labs yeast, fermentation went normal. Cold crashed at 35 for 2 days, then bottled 5 gallons with 4.5 oz of corn sugar, boiled with water and well stirred. Kept at 70 for 3 weeks, then tried one. Refrigerated for 2 days, opened the bottle, there was a small hiss, but the beer was flat..zero carbonation.
So, I shook them up..waited another week, same zero carbonation.
Repeat.
Repeat.
....
I checked the caps, they appear to have sealed fine.
About 6 weeks ago it was getting cold in the garage, so i brought them inside and even brought them up to 80 degrees for a week using a heating pad. But carbonation has not improved at all.
There is a decent amount of yeast on the bottom of the bottle; around the same amount i normally see in my bottle conditioned beers.
I have probably opened 10-12 beers at this point. Is adding fresh yeast my only option here? From what I have read, I really didn't think this would be a problem with a low gravity ale. Any idea's what could have gone wrong? Everything seemed very normal with this batch.