Bottle Carbonation issues

[Mike Newman]

Hello! I just began homebrewing in January so I am brand new at this. My first batch was the Plinian IIPA one gallon small batch kit from northern brewer, and it turned out really good! Since then I have become hooked on homebrewing, reading books and blogs everyday.

I bought a 5 gallon True Brew IPA kit and was going to disperse the ingredients into 4- 1.25gal batches. I have attached the ingredient list and recipe. Where I’m running into issues is carbonation... after 2 weeks I tasted one and it was quite flat. So I put them in a warmer area and shook each bottle to put more yeast back in suspension. After another 5 days it seems to still be in the same condition.

Did I not pitch enough yeast? Should I uncap the bottles and add a little yeast to each bottle, or just wait another week? PLEASE HELP!

 

[Redpappy]

Did you use fizzle drops or corn sugar when you bottled? And how much did you use?

 

[Mike Newman]

Did you use fizzle drops or corn sugar when you bottled? And how much did you use?

I used fizzle drops. 1 drop per bottle.