Carbonation problem!

[ChrisGeb]

Always seems to be a problem when I make my posts haha. So I had a batch of Chinook IPA and racked it into my bottling bucket with the priming sugar like I normally do, when I began bottling though I realized I didn't have enough bottle caps for all the bottles (stupid mistake I know) so I decided to use a growler for the last or the batch.

Since I put the correct amount of priming sugar in for a 5 gallon batch I thought I would be ok but the growler did not carbonate properly. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Add some more priming sugar and wait awhile longer? How can I fix this so my growler carbonates more?

Thanks!

 

[Golddiggie]

How long ago did you bottle this? If you primed with the correct amount of sugar for the total batch, it should carbonate fine... If you didn't leave enough head space, or left too much, you could have some issues... What temp has the brew been carbonating/bottle conditioning at?

I found that leaving it in a room that is close to 70F is the best choice (as mentioned on this site in several places)... If it's still not on target after 3-4 weeks (at ~70F), then you might want to add a very small amount of priming sugar to those bottles. Although, I would just leave it alone...

After almost two weeks, my first two brews were not carbonated to the level I wanted (very little head). Placing them into the warmer room (closer to 70F for the majority of the day) and even just a few days later they showed vast improvements. At three weeks, they had good head on them. Once I've had all the bottles, I'm planning on taping the mini-kegs to see how they've carbonated.

 

[wonderbread23]

FYI - Growlers aren't really designed to hold that much pressure. The seal at the lid was likely not perfect which allowed the CO2 to escape. This is a good thing because the growler might have busted otherwise.