adhomebrew10
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So 5 weeks ago I bottled my brown ale. It was a 4 gallon batch, and I expected 3.75g in the bottling bucket - so I carbed to 1.9 volumes c02 using 2oz corn sugar. I actually ended up with just about 4g in the bottling bucket, so I needed about another half ounce of priming sugar. For 5 weeks the bottles have been holding at 70 degrees.
Anyway, 3 weeks in, I opened a bottle and got a slight psst. No head at all, and very flat. Waited 2 more weeks, opened another bottle and no change. Did I just add too little priming sugar? I can see that maybe it needs to go longer, but would expect some kind of change after 2 more weeks. It tastes green, like it did when I sampled what was left over in the bottling bucket - like priming sugar.
The beer also has 0 mouthfeel, very dry, considering it finished at 1.015. Any ideas?
So 5 weeks ago I bottled my brown ale. It was a 4 gallon batch, and I expected 3.75g in the bottling bucket - so I carbed to 1.9 volumes c02 using 2oz corn sugar. I actually ended up with just about 4g in the bottling bucket, so I needed about another half ounce of priming sugar. For 5 weeks the bottles have been holding at 70 degrees.
Anyway, 3 weeks in, I opened a bottle and got a slight psst. No head at all, and very flat. Waited 2 more weeks, opened another bottle and no change. Did I just add too little priming sugar? I can see that maybe it needs to go longer, but would expect some kind of change after 2 more weeks. It tastes green, like it did when I sampled what was left over in the bottling bucket - like priming sugar.
The beer also has 0 mouthfeel, very dry, considering it finished at 1.015. Any ideas?