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joshangell

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My coconut Porter is flat, how do I fix it. I am reading to open the bottles and re carbonate with priming sugar. I am also reading and that I should put yeast in it. Does anybody really know what to do?
 
I used 5 tablets each when I bottled to get high carbonation......I waited 10 days after bottling .......do I need to wait longer? High gravity (beer is 7.9%) does that have something to do with it?
 
I used 5 tablets each when I bottled to get high carbonation......I waited 10 days after bottling .......do I need to wait longer? High gravity (beer is 7.9%) does that have something to do with it?

Yes you do need to wait longer and yes it could have something to do with it. Give it 3 to 4 weeks at least.
 
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with your beer, so don't add more sugar....99.999% of the time the brewer doesn't have a carbonation problem on here, they have a PATIENCE one. Just like you

Your beer's only been in the bottle for 10 days, that's too soon for a normal gravity beer, you're is higher isn't it?

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.


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." ;)

Lazy Llama came up with a handy dandy chart to determine how long something takes in brewing, whether it's fermentation, carbonation, bottle conditioning....

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If a beer isn't carbed by "x number of weeks" you just have to give them more time. If you added your sugar, then the beer will carb up eventually, it's really a foolroof process. All beers will carb up eventually. A lot of new brewers think they have to "troubleshoot" a bottling issue, when there really is none, the beer knows how to carb itself. In fact if you run beersmiths carbing calculator, some lower grav beers don't even require additional sugar to reach their minimum level of carbonation. Just time.
 

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