HSM
Well-Known Member
Made a 4 gallon extract batch. It's been a month and I'm just starting to see some carbonation.
I used Mutons Ale yeast (the 1st time). After 2 weeks and still squishy bottles I made a distillers yeast slurry and added a bit to each bottle.
A week later... nothing. I began to suspect the integrety of the bottles. They were new 1 ltr soda bottles/caps from Steven Springer Scientific. So I took an old 2 liter coke bottle and sanitized it and poured in 2 liters and added a little more yeast.
4 days later and that bottle is rock hard! I went to check the other old 1 ltr bottles and most of them are now solid as well (after a month and 2 yeast additions).
So I'm not sure if my bottles, yeast or whatever was suspect. Not as easy as I thought it would be.
I used Mutons Ale yeast (the 1st time). After 2 weeks and still squishy bottles I made a distillers yeast slurry and added a bit to each bottle.
A week later... nothing. I began to suspect the integrety of the bottles. They were new 1 ltr soda bottles/caps from Steven Springer Scientific. So I took an old 2 liter coke bottle and sanitized it and poured in 2 liters and added a little more yeast.
4 days later and that bottle is rock hard! I went to check the other old 1 ltr bottles and most of them are now solid as well (after a month and 2 yeast additions).
So I'm not sure if my bottles, yeast or whatever was suspect. Not as easy as I thought it would be.