After in primary for 8 days then in secondary for another 7 days, then bottled with 5 oz corn sugar -- shouldn't beer be fully carbinated after two weeks?
there's a nice release of gas when cap is pried off, but beer seems slightly flat. It tastes great, but lacks bubbles.
Not yet fully conditioned or is it something else? Here's recipe:
7lbs Pale malt
1lb flaked corn
1lb honey malt
8 oz biscuit malt
8 oz cara-pils/dextrine
8 oz flaked wheat
1 oz goldings
1 oz willamette
1 pkg Nottingham yeast
9.6oz corn sugar (in boil for higher gravity)
5 oz priming sugar when bottling
Curious if the flaked corn and flaked wheat do opposite things -- e.g., one for a crisp beer and the other for a smoother beer?
Also, what exactly does the carapils do? I thought it assisted with head retention?
there's a nice release of gas when cap is pried off, but beer seems slightly flat. It tastes great, but lacks bubbles.
Not yet fully conditioned or is it something else? Here's recipe:
7lbs Pale malt
1lb flaked corn
1lb honey malt
8 oz biscuit malt
8 oz cara-pils/dextrine
8 oz flaked wheat
1 oz goldings
1 oz willamette
1 pkg Nottingham yeast
9.6oz corn sugar (in boil for higher gravity)
5 oz priming sugar when bottling
Curious if the flaked corn and flaked wheat do opposite things -- e.g., one for a crisp beer and the other for a smoother beer?
Also, what exactly does the carapils do? I thought it assisted with head retention?