happychappy
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Hi Fellow Brewers - I'm at wits' end and need your help. I've been home brewing for a couple years now. I've made many batches of extract recipes, and have enjoyed good results. i'm particularly fond of brewing IPAs (because I like them and hey, they're hard to mess up)
My first 20 batches or so were partial boils, and primary and secondary fermentation. Primed, bottled them up and voila, several weeks later I have nice, carbonated beer! So everything was working well.
Then I switched over to full boil (still with extract). And about the same time, all my subsequent batches have little or no carbonation. Everything else is the same. I tried aerating after cooling the wort, but my OG to FG is fine so the yeast seem plentiful, doing their job - and still no carbonation in the bottle.
I'm very sad, because I'm on the verge of giving up brewing ( I love brewing and my beer, but I draw the line at having to drink it flat). I'm going to go back to a partial for my next batch to see if it has something to do with full vs. partial, but I'm really lost and frustrated as to what the problem is. Not finding answers in the usual places either...
Help!!!!!
My first 20 batches or so were partial boils, and primary and secondary fermentation. Primed, bottled them up and voila, several weeks later I have nice, carbonated beer! So everything was working well.
Then I switched over to full boil (still with extract). And about the same time, all my subsequent batches have little or no carbonation. Everything else is the same. I tried aerating after cooling the wort, but my OG to FG is fine so the yeast seem plentiful, doing their job - and still no carbonation in the bottle.
I'm very sad, because I'm on the verge of giving up brewing ( I love brewing and my beer, but I draw the line at having to drink it flat). I'm going to go back to a partial for my next batch to see if it has something to do with full vs. partial, but I'm really lost and frustrated as to what the problem is. Not finding answers in the usual places either...
Help!!!!!