PAjwPhilly
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I have had a few random cases of beer over time, not carbonate. I have tried on to rouse the yeast and warm the bottles up to around 70°F. But neither worked.
I recently built a keezer and no longer use my bottles. So I thought, why not make high gravity beer and use these empty bottles to age it. My first batch (winter warmer) is one of these random cases with out any carbonation. I have another batch ready to be bottled and I want to try to find out the problem.
Both these beers are ~10% ABV. The beer that has already been bottled sat in primary for 3 weeks, and has been bottled for 4 weeks (room temp ~68°F). It fermented correctly* (London Ale yeast) and was primed with table sugar to 2.5 volumes. And there was a slight but faint hiss when the refrigerated bottle was opened.
If the bottle was not capped correctly, it would leak the CO2... What does an incorrectly capped bottle look like? Does the cap pry off or twist?
Should I be using a bottling yeast for every high ABV beer?
Also, in about 6-7 months I want to try the Winter Warmer (non-carbed) again. If it is still flat, can I add a few drops of liquid yeast, like White Labs from a sanitized eye dropper, and carb tabs? What else can you do?
*OG, FG, and fermentation temps all expected and in normal ranges
I recently built a keezer and no longer use my bottles. So I thought, why not make high gravity beer and use these empty bottles to age it. My first batch (winter warmer) is one of these random cases with out any carbonation. I have another batch ready to be bottled and I want to try to find out the problem.
Both these beers are ~10% ABV. The beer that has already been bottled sat in primary for 3 weeks, and has been bottled for 4 weeks (room temp ~68°F). It fermented correctly* (London Ale yeast) and was primed with table sugar to 2.5 volumes. And there was a slight but faint hiss when the refrigerated bottle was opened.
If the bottle was not capped correctly, it would leak the CO2... What does an incorrectly capped bottle look like? Does the cap pry off or twist?
Should I be using a bottling yeast for every high ABV beer?
Also, in about 6-7 months I want to try the Winter Warmer (non-carbed) again. If it is still flat, can I add a few drops of liquid yeast, like White Labs from a sanitized eye dropper, and carb tabs? What else can you do?
*OG, FG, and fermentation temps all expected and in normal ranges