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I added the 5 oz sugar that came with the Brewer's Best kit. There is some yeast in the bottom of the bottles because I can see it when I pour it out.

Thanks everyone. I am using pop tops and I'm sure they are sealed. Also, it was in the primary for 10 days and secondary for 3 1/2 weeks. I did move the secondary to a slightly colder temp to help in the settling. I don't think I did anything other than the ordinary and it never saw extreme...

Ever since I bottled my porter, I've had carbonation problems. The bottles make a slight psssst sound when opening, but have now been bottled for 13+ weeks and the beer is still flat. Did my yeast probably die? I did add the priming sugar, but didn't let it cool down before I added the beer to...

Yes, I am putting them in the fridge for at least 24 hours before I open them.

No, I didn't cool it down much. Would that kill the yeast?

Thanks everyone. I am using pop tops and I assume they are on tight enough. I have yet to have one leak or anything after tipping them upside down to check them. Is there still a possibility they aren't sealed properly? I have the 2-handed capper that's supposed to be good quality. I know I...

My first brew is a robust porter from Brewers Best. Everything has gone fine, but after 12 weeks in the bottle there is still no carbonation. There is a slight pssst when the bottle is opened, but very flat beer. They were stored at 68-70 degrees for 6+ weeks and since there was no carbonation...

Use both. I bought a robust porter from them and a red ale and both instructions say the same thing.

Anything's possible. I can't smell a citrus aroma at all from the beer - it's just in the taste. But, it has gone away significantly in the past few weeks. I'm going to move the bottles tonight in the warmer room to help increase carbonation (hopefully). Thanks for the help!

As for the brew day, I don't remember the exact day. However, I do know it was in the primary for 10 days and in the secondary for 2 1/2 weeks. When I tried my first bottle after 2 weeks in the bottle, I couldn't even drink it. It smelled like a porter but the citrus taste was so bad I couldn't...

The beer has now been bottled for 26 days and I put 2 in the fridge after 24 days. I cracked one open tonight and there still isn't much carbonation, but I'm not too worried because I know stouts and porters can take 6-8 weeks to carbonate. However, the citrus taste is mellowing out, so that's...

OK.....so another 8 days later I opened another one because I can't keep from obsessing about it (first batch nerves). The beer was pretty much a consistent color from the top of the bottom to the bottom (so that cleared up), but the citrus taste is still very present (there were cluster hops in...

I've read a ton of posts regarding bottling and aging. I had a porter in primary for 8 days and 2 1/2 weeks in secondary. I bottled 2 weeks ago tonight and opened the first one up to taste and make sure carbonation was happening. There was a slight "pssssssst" sound after opening, so I know that...

Thanks everybody. I have the priming sugar but didn't think about the process of adding it to the beer while it's in the bottling bucket (rookie mistake). I'll borrow a bottling bucket from my co-worker and just transfer into his when it's time to bottle. I believe it is done fermenting because...

I am a first-time home brewer and have a kit with a 6.5 gallon primary fermentation bucket and a 6.5 gallon bottling bucket. I had a porter in the primary for 9 days and the hydrometer read exactly on the finishing gravity of the specified value on the kit. I have some home brew co-workers and...