help. flat beer

[frankcarlnewman]

I recently made an apple ale. I think I fermented way too long. It never carbonated. i carbonate in the bottle.
is there a way to save this? I really do not want to pour it out!

 

[b-boy]

Is this already bottled? Did you add sugar or yeast prior to bottling?

You can open your bottles and drop in some carb tablets and a tiny amount of yeast. That might get things going. Just be careful how much sugar you add. You don't want bottle bombs.

 

[frankcarlnewman]

yeah i bottled with carbonation drops and waited 3 weeks.
it is in the fridge now but yuk.
i may try adding some sugar and yeast and see what happens
thanks

 

[soccerdad]

What does fermented way too long mean? A month? A year? A decade? What temp did the beer sit at?

 

[b-boy]

Good point. You said it's in the fridge. It shouldn't be in the fridge until it's carbonated. Also, if you've already added carb drops, don't add more sugar - just yeast.

Get some dry yeast and just add a few grains to each bottle and recap.

 

[BeefsBeer]

I use carbonation tabs and they take a month sometimes more to fully carb a bottle at room temp. Then after a month or so i put my beer in the fridge for at least 3 days before drinking.

 

[frankcarlnewman]

Perhaps using the phrase fermented way to long was confusing.
it actually showed bubbles for about 4 days.
it stayed in the primary for 20 days.
all this at room temp
bottled from there.
i think there was no live yeast to carry on carbonation.
it has a sweet flavor so i am gonna take it of the fridge ad add yeast.
after that i will either drink it or pour it out.

 

[KeninMN]

Your bottle conditioning temperature should be greater than or equal to 70 degrees F. Since you have the bottles in the fridge now, in addition to removing them to somewhere warm, you should also rouse the yeast off the bottom of the bottles but inverting each bottle several times. Do this after they have warmed to room temperature and then let them condition another two weeks minimum at a warm temperature.

 

[Yooper]

You've got hundreds of billions of yeast in there!

Just take it out of the fridge and put it someplace warm for 3 weeks.

Beer won't carbonate if you put it in the fridge, as the yeast will go dormant at cold temperatures.

At 70 degrees, the yeast will carbonate the beer just fine.

Don't open it, and don't add more yeast. It's fine. It just needs to be warmer.