sejasba
Well-Known Member
I posted this about 1.5 months ago.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/nb-imperial-stout-carbonation-issue-465458/
Long story short...
-Imperial stout was in secondary in cool temps (60F basement) for 3 months.
-Bottled early March, went back into that cool basement.
-Likely should have been warmer, so brought it back upstairs after 2 weeks.
-It has been 1.5 months since then and carbonation is still lacking
I understand this is a big beer, but after 2 months, I would expect some progression with the carbonation. I think the cold winter we had resulted in a lot of yeast dropping and not getting bottled, and whatever was bottled just isn't able to carbonate well.
What can we do to remedy this? If i lost a brew that took a month to ferment and bottle, whatever, but we started work on this batch in November and I'm not going to lose it over non-carb'd bottles. Is it just a matter of mixing up some sugar and yeast, re-opening every bottle and putting some in, and capping them again? That's the only thing I assume that could be done, but I don't know what the proper procedure would be.
Thanks!!!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/nb-imperial-stout-carbonation-issue-465458/
Long story short...
-Imperial stout was in secondary in cool temps (60F basement) for 3 months.
-Bottled early March, went back into that cool basement.
-Likely should have been warmer, so brought it back upstairs after 2 weeks.
-It has been 1.5 months since then and carbonation is still lacking
I understand this is a big beer, but after 2 months, I would expect some progression with the carbonation. I think the cold winter we had resulted in a lot of yeast dropping and not getting bottled, and whatever was bottled just isn't able to carbonate well.
What can we do to remedy this? If i lost a brew that took a month to ferment and bottle, whatever, but we started work on this batch in November and I'm not going to lose it over non-carb'd bottles. Is it just a matter of mixing up some sugar and yeast, re-opening every bottle and putting some in, and capping them again? That's the only thing I assume that could be done, but I don't know what the proper procedure would be.
Thanks!!!