Keither
Active Member
Well, I decided to buy some nice "pop top" bottles to put my beer in. I just opened the fourth bottle that didn't carbonate. I brewed a pilsener a while ago, and the first two that I opened were completely flat. All the other ones were perfectly fizzy. Then, I opened a bottle of stout I brewed a couple of months ago. Flat again. The next two were fizzy, then another flat one.
Each time the beers in question had been in the bottles for at least three weeks, and each time MOST of the beers were carbonated perfectly, except for two individual bottles which weren't.
At first I thought it might be possible I forgot to put sugar in a couple of them, but now I don't think so.
Has anyone else had sporadic trouble with carbonation in pop-top (grolsch-type) bottles? Are the gaskets letting the CO2 out when I put them in the fridge?
The good news is, the flat beer is still pretty good, it's just a little disappointing. Maybe I'm going nuts and forgetting to sugar all the bottles. I hope this doesn't keep happening!
Each time the beers in question had been in the bottles for at least three weeks, and each time MOST of the beers were carbonated perfectly, except for two individual bottles which weren't.
At first I thought it might be possible I forgot to put sugar in a couple of them, but now I don't think so.
Has anyone else had sporadic trouble with carbonation in pop-top (grolsch-type) bottles? Are the gaskets letting the CO2 out when I put them in the fridge?
The good news is, the flat beer is still pretty good, it's just a little disappointing. Maybe I'm going nuts and forgetting to sugar all the bottles. I hope this doesn't keep happening!