Beers not Carbonating...

[Brewinkle]

Hey all, I'm new here, been lurking and reading a lot and now i need some input. In late October I started working for my LHBS, it was also when I started brewing. Since then ive brewed a: Belgian Tripel, Imperial Porter, Blonde Ale, Columbus IPA, Pale 31 clone, California Common, Irish Red Ale, and a rogue I²PA clone. Funny enough i have yet to taste any, ive just been mad with brewing. The brews and fermentations have all been great, bottling went good, but now 2 weeks later, my Belgian Tripel and Imperial Porter are not carbing at all. I wasn't super concerned until i popped open a bottle of the blonde ale and it showed that it was carbed perfectly yet it was bottled at least 4 days later than the other 2. I used copper tun carbonation drops (which I will never use again for various reasons) but the blonde ale used those as well and it's great... Any thoughts from some of you advanced guys?

 

[CRoth36]

Have you tried using sugar? I haven't bottled in awhile and never tried the tablets but boiling x amount of sugar and letting it cool and them adding to bottling bucket and mixing always worked for me. Hope you get it figured out.

 

[max384]

Where are the bottles stored? If they're stored on a cold basement floor, the temp could be too low for the yeast to carbonate the beer.

 

[flars]

Give your uncarbonated beers another two weeks at 70° to 72°. Chill for a few days then pop another one.
Some beers will take longer to carbonate depending upon yeast and alcohol content.

 

[Brewinkle]

They're currently in my room with temps at 70-72 F. Same room as my fermenters that are doing great. I tried using corn sugar and water on my pale 31, ill pop one open next week to see how it is. If these end up not carbing oh well i guess. Im drinking my blonde ale now and its goooood. Tons on the way too. I definitely recommend NOT using copper tun carbonation drops

 

[TopgunTango]

As others have said, higher abv beers will take more time to carbonate. Put them in dark place that maintains room temp throughout the day and forget about them for a couple of weeks.

 

[flars]

They're currently in my room with temps at 70-72 F. Same room as my fermenters that are doing great. I tried using corn sugar and water on my pale 31, ill pop one open next week to see how it is. If these end up not carbing oh well i guess. Im drinking my blonde ale now and its goooood. Tons on the way too. I definitely recommend NOT using copper tun carbonation drops

I've always used corn sugar and one of the on-line carbonation calculators. Always had good results.

 

[Zealot]

Aren't those both big beers abv wise. Are these kit beers? It may be a yeast issue. What kind of yeast did you use?

 

[Brewinkle]

Used WLP Belgian Abbey Ale Yeast and wy1056 sorry only remember that for now. 2 packages on each. They were more beer recipes.

 

[Zealot]

Used WLP Belgian Abbey Ale Yeast and wy1056 sorry only remember that for now. 2 packages on each. They were more beer recipes.

Both tolerate a high abv, which I imagine these beers are. I think you just aren't used to the high abv beers yet. They do take a while to carbonate. Just keep them at room temp and they should be fine. If you don't like the wait you could make a yeast starter on your next big brew and dump it into the fermentor at bottling time to see if it helps.