Last batch not carbing up, rescue advice?

[whoaru99]

Have a bottled batch of Waldo Lake Amber (extract kit) that doesn't seem to be carbing up. It's been bottled for 4-5 weeks and there's barely a "pfft" when you crack one open. No fizz whatsoever in the beer. It's been sitting at 67-68F.

I'm 98.5% sure I added priming sugar, like 112 grams, from memory. I did cold crash it for a good while, not as long as a lager I did and that carbed just fine.

It tastes good, as far as flat beer goes, but I'd sure like some fizz.

Rescue options? Advice?

 

[duboman]

Warm them up, 70-80 degrees would help a bunch!

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[yaggolf]

Sounds like conditioning done at too low temperature. I had the same problem. Two weeks no carb realized the room was around 66F. I've only brewed four batches but managed to have a boil over and under temp my conditioning on the same brew. Got it warmed up around 70 for 5 days and there was the carbonation. I gave beer another week before chilling a week Give that a try. As long as you added priming it will carbonate. Yeast only has one job to do. Good luck.

 

[Setesh]

Warm them up, 70-80 degrees would help a bunch!

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^This^ Warm them up for a couple of weeks and that will make all the difference. Cold crashing won't remove all the yeast, there are still plenty left to do the job. Find the warmest room in your place, and if it isn't warm enough put them right up near the ceiling. It will be a few degrees warmer up there.

 

[whoaru99]

I can bring it to my SO's place. She keeps it warmer there. That said, I haven't had any trouble with carbing at this temp in the past; by 2-3 weeks the beer was well-carbed in previous batches.

 

[whoaru99]

So, it's been almost another month...

Popped one warm and gave it a pour, seemed like OK carb. Not super fizzy, but wasn't shooting for that sort of carb volume anyway. So, put a few in the fridge excited as all get-out to finally have this beer carbed up.

But no, denied the love, still basically flat as a pancake out of the fridge.

Sanitize the tops, open, and drop a fizz tab in each one?