Lucky Dog Brewing
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OK well I brewed a beautiful American Amber Ale that tasted great at hydro test and bottling time. Well I just got looking at my Beersmith and I had my carb level at 2.7 but didn't realize that the temp setting was at 50, so it told me 4.5 oz of priming sugar. I bottled at about 68-70 degrees and when I saw that it was at 50 in the program I switched it to 70 and it says I should have used about 5.5 oz. CRAP! Its been conditioning for a little over 3 weeks and I opened one and sure enogh not much of a head and low carb level.
So my question is am I just going to have a low carbonated beer and a crappy head. I doubt there is anything that can be done now that they are sealed in bottles to up the carbonation... or is there? Will letting it condition longer help it?
Thanks for an help,
Crap I meant to make this its own thread, Sorry didn't mean to hijack your thread. Can a Mod move this to its own thread?
Sorry again
So my question is am I just going to have a low carbonated beer and a crappy head. I doubt there is anything that can be done now that they are sealed in bottles to up the carbonation... or is there? Will letting it condition longer help it?
Thanks for an help,
Crap I meant to make this its own thread, Sorry didn't mean to hijack your thread. Can a Mod move this to its own thread?
Sorry again