petrolSpice
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Having this issue which I've never had before. I brewed a IIPA that ended up being around 10.5% using WLP099 "Super San Diego" yeast. I cold crashed it with gelatin for about 10 days and it really cleared up nicely.
It was bottled about 8 weeks ago. At 4 weeks there was little carbonation so I put them in my chest freezer with a heater set to 77F in addition to flipping them over to get the sediment back into solution. After a couple weeks I opened a couple bottles and they had carbonated nicely. Then I opened 3 more a week later and they were all flat and tasted overly sweet.
My question is, if I open up a bottle that's flat, can I just sprinkle in some yeast and recap it? If so, how much yeast? Will US-05 work?
My thought is to rehydrate the yeast in a mason jar with like 1 cup of boiled/cooled water and store it in the fridge, and use a 1/2 Tsp of the liquid or so per bottle. Or is there a better way?
It was bottled about 8 weeks ago. At 4 weeks there was little carbonation so I put them in my chest freezer with a heater set to 77F in addition to flipping them over to get the sediment back into solution. After a couple weeks I opened a couple bottles and they had carbonated nicely. Then I opened 3 more a week later and they were all flat and tasted overly sweet.
My question is, if I open up a bottle that's flat, can I just sprinkle in some yeast and recap it? If so, how much yeast? Will US-05 work?
My thought is to rehydrate the yeast in a mason jar with like 1 cup of boiled/cooled water and store it in the fridge, and use a 1/2 Tsp of the liquid or so per bottle. Or is there a better way?