Thanks Revvy for your explanation, but can I clarify? Will the beer still eventually carbonate when you (I) have under dosed the beer with sugar at bottling. I put a carbonating drop that matched a 330ml bottle, not the 500ml I used.
The 3 weeks at 70 degrees, that we recommend is the minimum time it takes for average gravity beers to carbonate and condition. Higher grav beers take longer. Beers stored cooler than 70, take longer.
Crap, I just put half the batch of a 7.8% English black ipa with bourbon and oak chips in the refrigerator after two weeks at 70°, If it's flat can I put it back to warm storage? I haven't sampled one because I am on antibiotics for strep throat.
Stupid question why chill for 3+ daysHow long did you chill/refrigerate the bottles? I have had occasions where I have thought the beer was flat but it had that nice "hiss" when you opened it so I knew it was carbonated but the problem was that I didn't chill the bottles long enough for the carbonation to sink back into the bottle.
My advice wait it out another week, chill for 3+ days then, then try the beer.
Stupid question why chill for 3+ days
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