29thfloor
Well-Known Member
I made a Tripel over the summer that's been in the bottle since some time in Sept and there's still no carbonation at all.
The came in at around 8.9% and I added a vial of Brett B and some oak cubes soaked in a sweet mead in secondary. For whatever reason I thought the Brett might factor into how much carbonation I would get so I used less priming sugar than I normally would. I don't have the exact amount in front of me but it was in the area of 3 oz (for a 5 gallon batch).
It was bottled in 750ml bottles with corks/cages so I guess I shouldn't have been worried about overcarbing them and should have just used the full amount. I wasn't surprised when they weren't carbed after a month or two but I just tried another one this week and there's no change at all. I was thinking there would at least be *some* carbonation by now, but there's nothing.
Is there an chance these will eventually carb up? If not, is there anything I can do to salvage what I have left? Would it be ridiculous to open them up and add more sugar/yeast and then recork?
The came in at around 8.9% and I added a vial of Brett B and some oak cubes soaked in a sweet mead in secondary. For whatever reason I thought the Brett might factor into how much carbonation I would get so I used less priming sugar than I normally would. I don't have the exact amount in front of me but it was in the area of 3 oz (for a 5 gallon batch).
It was bottled in 750ml bottles with corks/cages so I guess I shouldn't have been worried about overcarbing them and should have just used the full amount. I wasn't surprised when they weren't carbed after a month or two but I just tried another one this week and there's no change at all. I was thinking there would at least be *some* carbonation by now, but there's nothing.
Is there an chance these will eventually carb up? If not, is there anything I can do to salvage what I have left? Would it be ridiculous to open them up and add more sugar/yeast and then recork?
