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Malt: the batch that I dosed with an eye dropper sat for about 4 weeks without CO2. After adding the drops of yeast they were good to go in another 3 weeks. I didn't detect any flavor issues. My theory about why I wasn't getting any carbonation in the bottle was that when I racked to the...

I have had the same problem. For whatever reason my bottles didn't carbonate. My solution, on a batch that had already been bottled, was to re-hydrate dry yeast (Safale 05) in sterile water and use an eyedropper to add a few drops to each bottle. It was a pain to uncap and recap each bottle...