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01-29-2011, 11:14 AM
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why didnt my soda kit carbonate
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I made one of AHS's rootbeer kits two weeks ago, and it didn't carbonate. I made it per instructions. 4 gallons water, 6 pounds sugar, and rehydrated yeast. What went wrong?
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01-29-2011, 11:31 AM
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Ive tried both rootbeer and orange soda. Neither one had ANY carbonation.
You would think after 50 or so batches of beer I could get sugar water, flavor and yeast to make bubbles.
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01-31-2011, 12:03 AM
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You didn't do ANYTHING wrong, just leave it, and keep an eye it, every day, once a day. A lot is going on with the yeast. It WILL carb up. My first bottle took 4 weeks to carb up, and until week 4 I swear NOTHING happened,  or seemed to.
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01-31-2011, 12:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OsbornBrewing
You didn't do ANYTHING wrong, just leave it, and keep an eye it, every day, once a day. A lot is going on with the yeast. It WILL carb up. My first bottle took 4 weeks to carb up, and until week 4 I swear NOTHING happened, or seemed to. |
Hmmmm. I knew the directions wouldn't work out quite right. |
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02-06-2011, 08:42 PM
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what happens if you already opened the bottle. Just made 2 two liter bottles of rainbow extract rootbeer and it barely carbonated. Can it re carbonate when resealing the bottle?
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02-07-2011, 03:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett
what happens if you already opened the bottle. Just made 2 two liter bottles of rainbow extract rootbeer and it barely carbonated. Can it re carbonate when resealing the bottle?
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No.
Well, unless you keep it someplace warm and there is still active yeast to carbonate it and there are still sugars to eat- then I guess yes. But you'll be starting from ground zero again, just like when you open a commercial bottle of soda- it goes flat in just a couple of days.
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02-07-2011, 03:07 AM
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My root beer soda took 4 months to carb. I also didn't know that they can explode if you didn't keep an eye on them.
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02-07-2011, 02:08 PM
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My sodas carb up in two-three days (root beer) and overnight (ginger ale).
I assume you used fresh yeast, regular sugar, and the extract?
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02-07-2011, 05:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yooper
My sodas carb up in two-three days (root beer) and overnight (ginger ale).
I assume you used fresh yeast, regular sugar, and the extract?
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yes, i did and it barely carbonated in 1 week. |
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02-21-2011, 11:26 PM
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Well, my wife got sick of having my uncarbonated soda sit around for over a month and a half, so down the drain it went today.
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