rjstew
Well-Known Member
I brewed 9 gallons of a big 10% ABV Imperial IPA back in July, the recipe is below. I split the batch into two fermenters and ended up with 4 gallons to bottle from each fermenter. I bottled at the end of July, so its been carbonating for about 2 months. I was trying for 2.3 vols and used 95 grams of dextrose for each 4 gallon batch. I cold crashed the first fermenter but not the second.
Neither of the batches have any carbonation whatsoever. I even added 2 conditioning tablets to each bottle of a six pack to see if that would do anything but after two weeks, theyre still flat.
Any suggestions for getting these carbonating? I know big beers can take extremely long to carbonate, but Id think Id at least have a little carbonation after 2 months.
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
20 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 69.0 %
5 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 17.2 %
2 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 3 6.9 %
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 95.0 min Hop 4 6.4 IBUs
2.00 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 5 44.7 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 9.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 23.6 IBUs
2 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) [Boil for 5 min](0 Extract 8 6.9 %
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [35 Yeast 12 -
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Da Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Day Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
Neither of the batches have any carbonation whatsoever. I even added 2 conditioning tablets to each bottle of a six pack to see if that would do anything but after two weeks, theyre still flat.
Any suggestions for getting these carbonating? I know big beers can take extremely long to carbonate, but Id think Id at least have a little carbonation after 2 months.
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
20 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 69.0 %
5 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 17.2 %
2 lbs Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 3 6.9 %
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 95.0 min Hop 4 6.4 IBUs
2.00 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 5 44.7 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 9.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 7 23.6 IBUs
2 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) [Boil for 5 min](0 Extract 8 6.9 %
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007) [35 Yeast 12 -
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Da Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Day Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs