2 weeks is really not enough time to achieve full carbonation....That's why we talk so much here about 3 weeks being the minimum...I've had beers not carb for 3-4 weeks and suddenly *BAM* they were perfect. I've had others that weren't carbed on the 14th day, and were perfect on the 21st day....And I've had really heavy stouts and porters take 6-8 weeks til they came up to full carb.
Homebrew is not some instant thing, like making Koolaid, it is a living entity, made up of living organisms (yeasts) going through a cycle, and so it has it's own timetable....
Sometimes after 14 days it's helpful to gently roll them on a table top back and forth a couple times and put them back in storage for another 1-2 weeks, this re-rouses the yeasts to get them up and working again...
4.5-5 ounces is pretty much the standard amount for priming 5 gallon batches....most kits come with pre-measured 5 ounce bags of priming sugar...I buy in bulk and use 3/4 of a cup per batches, unless I'm carbing for style, then it varies....but for most of my house drinking ales it's 3/4 cups.
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