mainbutter
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I fermented a cider on top of my IPA's yeast cake and bottled after three weeks. I siphoned the 1 gallon of cider on top of a simple syrup made with 1oz of corn sugar before bottling to ensure an even sugar distribution. Three weeks after bottling, pretty flat.
Bourbon barrel porter kit from Northern brewer was bottled with the sugar drops that come with the kit after 24 days in the fermenter. 20 days after bottling, also flat.
These are my most recently bottled batches. The four previous batches were all carbed up within two weeks after bottling, and temperatures where I store my bottles has maybe gotten warmer by a couple degrees.
My plan is to be very patient and give 'em another 3 weeks before cracking open another, but what if one or both batches still isn't carved?
Is there any reason to think that the beer going from fermenter to bottle after 3 weeks might not have viable yeast for carbonation? I'm kind of at a loss and hoping patience pays off.
Bourbon barrel porter kit from Northern brewer was bottled with the sugar drops that come with the kit after 24 days in the fermenter. 20 days after bottling, also flat.
These are my most recently bottled batches. The four previous batches were all carbed up within two weeks after bottling, and temperatures where I store my bottles has maybe gotten warmer by a couple degrees.
My plan is to be very patient and give 'em another 3 weeks before cracking open another, but what if one or both batches still isn't carved?
Is there any reason to think that the beer going from fermenter to bottle after 3 weeks might not have viable yeast for carbonation? I'm kind of at a loss and hoping patience pays off.