low carbed, bottle primed beer.

[red96jeep]

so i've had my beer bottle primed for the past two and a half weeks. i just put one in the fridge over night and tasted it today. it seems to be a little under carbed. will this improve from sitting longer, or a longer period of time in the fridge?

 

[Nurmey]

Three weeks at 70° is the standard but I have had some beers that took up to 6 weeks to fully carbonate.

 

[Yooper]

so i've had my beer bottle primed for the past two and a half weeks. i just put one in the fridge over night and tasted it today. it seems to be a little under carbed. will this improve from sitting longer, or a longer period of time in the fridge?

If it's a little under carbed, it should be left at room temperature for another week. That will improve it quite a bit. If the temperature is less than about 70 degrees, though, it'll take longer.

 

[OHIOSTEVE]

My first beer I was disappointed that it was not carbed in 3 weeks....by 4 weeks however it was carbed a little and by 4.5 weeks it was WELL carbed.

 

[red96jeep]

aight thanks guys, as always my questions have been answered. hopefully sometime soon i can start answering questions instead of just asking them.

 

[Revvy]

The 3 weeks at 70 is only a "suggestion" or rule of thumb for low to average grav beers....below 1.060.


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