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homebrewertodd

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Hey all. Got my porter bottled for a week now, so I decided to try one to make sure its carbing. Opened it up and, gusher. Can I stop it by putting it in a really cold fridge? I'm talking close to freezing. Oh, I added 4.3 oz priming sugar. Thanks for any help.
 
Wait it out? Do you mean leave them at room temp for the three weeks? Or, get them in the fridge and wait it out? Sorry a little confused.
 
4.3 oz for five gallons of beer? That shouldn't be an issue and it's a little fast for a gusher infection. How warm was the bottle when you opened it, how long did you chill the sample bottle? What was the final gravity on the beer?
 
Read another post that makes sense. Carb gets created and then gets reabsorbed into the liquid. 1 week not long enough. Post back in three weeks with a status.
 
If you watch Poindexter's video on time lapsed carbonation, you will see that in many instances, before a beer is carbed it my gush, that's not from infection, or mixing of sugars, but because the co2 hasn't evened out- it hasn't been pulled fully into the beer. Think of it as there's a lot of co2 being generated and most of it is in the headspace, not in the beer, so there's still "over pressure" in the bottle, so it gushes when it is opened.

But when the beer is truly carbed it all evens out, across the bottles.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlBlnTfZ2iw]time lapse carbonation - YouTube[/ame]

The 3 weeks at 70 degrees, that we recommend is the minimum time it takes for average gravity beers to carbonate and condition. Higher grav beers take longer.

Stouts and porters have taken me between 6 and 8 weeks to carb up..I have a 1.090 Belgian strong that took three months to carb up.

And just because a beer is carbed doesn't mean it still doesn't taste like a$$ and need more time for the off flavors to condition out. You have green beer.

Temp and gravity are the two factors that contribute to the time it takes to carb beer. But if a beer's not ready yet, or seems low carbed, and you added the right amount of sugar to it, then it's not stalled, it's just not time yet.

Everything you need to know about carbing and conditioning, can be found here Of Patience and Bottle Conditioning. With emphasis on the word, "patience." ;)
 
K didn't know what to think. I usually check one at a week, and never had this problem before, but I have never done a porter before. This is the heaviest beer I've ever done. I'll let it sit a minimum of two weeks more, then try another one. Thanks for the help. Oh, more info for everyone. Og, 1.055. Final, 1.012. Full name is chocolate covered banana porter. Yes there is chocolate and banana in it.
 
Yeah, I made sure it was done. A week in primary, and almost two in the secondary with the choc and banana. Had a second mini ferment because of the banana. Went to sec at 1.014, went down to 1.012, waited till it was down to 1.012 for three days. I think I learned alot on this one.
 
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