So I kegged 5 gallons of porter and let it carb naturally (carbing sugar addition) and it was/is great. I didn't want to tie up the keg with a beer I think needs to age a month or so, so I bottled it right out of the keg.
Process: I set the keg on the counter - still room temp - then vented just about all the CO2 out of the keg then hooked up my bottling wand to the picnic tap. I left the spring loaded valve in the bottling wand and flipped the valve wide open on the tap. All went well except there was more foam than I have gotten in the past when filling bottles without the spring loaded valve on the bottling wand.
2 days have gone by and I openned one of the bottled porters to see what I had... nearly flat beer. Still tastes great but no head and little carbonation.
Is there a fix? Can I open allthe bottles and throw conditioning tablets in them?
Thanks!
Don
Primary #1: Nothing (Will be Wednesday)
Primary #2: Nothing
Kegged: Joe IPA clone, Falconer's Flight APA
Bottled: Rye IPA, APA, Oatmeal Stout, Black Butte porter clone
Process: I set the keg on the counter - still room temp - then vented just about all the CO2 out of the keg then hooked up my bottling wand to the picnic tap. I left the spring loaded valve in the bottling wand and flipped the valve wide open on the tap. All went well except there was more foam than I have gotten in the past when filling bottles without the spring loaded valve on the bottling wand.
2 days have gone by and I openned one of the bottled porters to see what I had... nearly flat beer. Still tastes great but no head and little carbonation.
Is there a fix? Can I open allthe bottles and throw conditioning tablets in them?
Thanks!
Don
Primary #1: Nothing (Will be Wednesday)
Primary #2: Nothing
Kegged: Joe IPA clone, Falconer's Flight APA
Bottled: Rye IPA, APA, Oatmeal Stout, Black Butte porter clone
