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bigbopper · May 31, 2010

about a month ago i brewed an octoberfest from extract and after 2 wks in primary,i bottled and immediatly put in fridge.as you may have guessed the beer never carbonated. is there some way to wake up the yeast again or is this batch trashed?

Cheeto · May 31, 2010

Find a large rubbermaid tub and place all of the bottles in to it for about 3 weeks at 70 deg.

The reason for the rubbermaid container is to prevent bottle bombs.

More often than not, you will need to let the bottles sit at room temp for a few weeks

Doing that will let the yeast eat up the remaining sugars to produce CO2

Check out this thread

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/

Scut_Monkey · May 31, 2010

I agree with cheeto. If the yeast was healthy (it should have been at 2 weeks) it should ferment and carbonate. Bring it up to room temp and let it sit weeks.

Revvy · May 31, 2010

I don't know if you need to worry about bottle bombs if you put the right amount of sugar in your batch. All you should need to do is stick them in a warm place above 70 and come back in three weeks.

Dr_Gordon_Freeman · May 31, 2010

You might want to swirl them a bit as you put them into the bin.

Revvy · May 31, 2010

Dr_Gordon_Freeman said:
You might want to swirl them a bit as you put them into the bin.

Good point!!! :mug:

It will help rouse the yeast. Let them warm up for about a day, then swirl them. While they are cold their yeast cake will be really tight, warming them up will help to loosen it, and make swirling more useful.

bigbopper · Jun 1, 2010

thanks for the many responses :mug:

bigbopper · Jun 21, 2010

thanks h.b.t. and all for your responses, this brew finished up nicely and carbed up great :mug:

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