jmulligan
Well-Known Member
This may be mildly premature, but I just wanted to bounce my concern off of more experienced brewers while I am waiting.
My first beer is not carbonating very much (a milk stout - my recipe is the second entry on this page: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=40262&page=2 ).
The beer sat in primary for 1 week, secondary for 3 weeks, and has now been in the bottle for nearly 3.5 weeks at 69-70 degrees F. When I opened a bottle this past Sunday, I got a miniscule fizz sound (barely anything), and the carbonation is pretty meek. I have been racking my brain to assure myself that I added the priming sugar solution, so that isn't the problem. And none of the bottles have exploded, so I figure it's not a case of some being under-primed, and other being over-primed.
Any thoughts? I really want this to be ready for Christmas, and I am willing to wait until then for them to carb up. But, if they haven't carbed yet (at least, not appreciably), should I try to re-prime? Or add more yeast and re-prime?
Any thoughts are appreciated (even the inevitable replies of "have patience!").
My first beer is not carbonating very much (a milk stout - my recipe is the second entry on this page: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=40262&page=2 ).
The beer sat in primary for 1 week, secondary for 3 weeks, and has now been in the bottle for nearly 3.5 weeks at 69-70 degrees F. When I opened a bottle this past Sunday, I got a miniscule fizz sound (barely anything), and the carbonation is pretty meek. I have been racking my brain to assure myself that I added the priming sugar solution, so that isn't the problem. And none of the bottles have exploded, so I figure it's not a case of some being under-primed, and other being over-primed.
Any thoughts? I really want this to be ready for Christmas, and I am willing to wait until then for them to carb up. But, if they haven't carbed yet (at least, not appreciably), should I try to re-prime? Or add more yeast and re-prime?
Any thoughts are appreciated (even the inevitable replies of "have patience!").