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A friend of mine is kegging two different ipa's. He has both of them in a keezer and they have been under pressure for four days now and still are not carbonated. Anyone have an idea as to why? I've never heard of force carbonation not working.

Yeah, it's nice opening the lid and seeing the bottle labels floating on top.

I will do it. Thanks for the input. I'll let you know how it turns out. 🍻

For the current batch, it's right at two weeks @ 70 F. I know I'm jumping the gun on that one. But a buddy of mine did the same recipe and it was good to go at 2 weeks. My last batch took five weeks to carb.

Yeah, the reason for the length of soak time is more laziness than anything. I have not tried leaving them in the fridge for a few days. Usually I only chill one bottle and try it the next day. I'll give it a try.

Are there any negative effects of soaking bottles in PBW for long periods of time, a couple of weeks, as long as you rinse them properly afterwards? I'm trying to nail down the problem I've had with the last two batches carbonating slowly.

I'm making my first IPA. Today is the mark for dry hopping. I was planning on just dumping them in loose, then using a grain bag over my siphon on bottling day. I've heard of people putting the hops in small bags but that sounds like it would restrict them too much. Your thoughts?

This batch sat in primary one and a half weeks then four weeks in secondary. Too long? I did the caribou slobber recipe from northern brewer and the reviews I read said the longer you give it the better. As for the keg idea, I've been leaning that way for a while. Probably just get one to force...

I know they're just sugar, nothing magical. Which makes it even more frustrating that they take forever to carb. And even when they do carb it is just barely. (In my experience anyways)

I gave them all a swirl two weeks ago. They are being stored at 70-71 deg. I store all my batches in the same room. The batches I've used bulk priming in came just fine, I guess that's what I get for trying new things when the original way works. I just thought drops would be easier.

I'm now waiting yet again for these Coopers Carbonation drops to work. I hesitated to use them again after they took forever to carb my last batch. Now I'm on week five since bottling day and there is just barely any sign of the beginning of carbonation. Just a little post so that maybe someone...

Where can I find this bottling blog you speak of?

I learned that lesson a few batches ago. Now I wash my beer glasses in PBW.

That's a great idea. I'll make sure to pick some up with my next order. Will carapils go well with pretty much any style?

They've been in bottles for 3 1/2 weeks at 70*. I guess I'll wait a bit before opening anymore. Thanks for the video link. From what I hear this recipe only gets better with age so it won't be a bad thing to give it a few more weeks. However I do think I'm going back to bulk priming next time.