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Hi again. So... The Altibier is not fermenting. I tried to add more yeast, but it didn't work. It means no priming experiment for now. Back to my lager... I opened another bottle and it was good. I still think that it's not quite finished yet, but almost. It has the usual level of carbonation...

Definitely. I'm brewing a small batch of Altbier tonight.

All right. I will put the table sugar in a few bottles from my next batch and compare the final product to those with tablets, dextrose etc.

Hi. Great, congratulations! Yes, I have tested one bottle and I must say that the waiting paid off. It's medium carbonated now. So I think they will need another two weeks to fully finish. I will open another one next week and we'll see. I will post about it. The Domino sugar... After you wrote...

Exactly!

Yeah, I'll do it this way. Good idea. Thank you.

Sounds great. Thanks for advice.

I will do. Thanks.

Btw in order to remove as much handling as possible I've also been experimenting with racking beer from primary (after the fermentation is perfectly complete) straight into bottles-half of the batch. So they were like in secondary and conditioning at once. I also cold crashed the bottles. They...

Definitely not temperature issuses. There's 71-77 F in the room. Time? Yes, maybe. I'll wait longer and I'll also experiment with 1 bottle and add the drop that jalc6927 recommends. If none of that works, I'll add yeast. Well, they say, that less handling means better, fresher flavor. I used...

Actually, it was BSG carbonation tablets that I used for my other beer. Not Brewer's Best. And there seem to be people having problems with these tablets on this forum. But it might be just the fact that only those that have problems post about it and it might not be the tablets' fault. I...

I used these for some of the bottles. I might still remember which bottles they were, so I might check one out. But the tablets worked just fine for my other beers... I don't know man...

To Silver is money: Let me know the results, I'm curious. I will probably do the same, unless someone comes up with a better idea here. Good luck man. I used 5 Brewer's Best priming sugar tablest for each bottle. That should make a high level of carbonation according to the text on the package...

Hi everybody. I was very disappointed when I opened up a bottle of Czech pilsner after two weeks of bottle conditioning and it was totally flat and sweet. Sweet because none of the priming sugar was converted by the yeast I guess. It's true that I underpitched the lager (50 % less) but it...

Thank you MaxStout! I'll follow your advice. You sound like you know what you're talking about. I don't like the idea of putting that trappist into plastic bottles though. Seems like I will have to invest in the champagne ones, but every hobby costs something. Thanks and have a good day.