No carbination... WTF!

[DogFlynnHead]

Fermented a brown ale for 3.5 weeks. Bottled using 5 oz. priming sugar into 4 gal of beer. After 3 weeks of bottle conditioning have little to no carbination. What gives?

 

[dontman]

That is strange but not unheard of. Could be temp related. Have you kept it at around 70 give or take a few?

 

[C4PNJ4ZZ]

How did you add the priming sugar? How did you mix it in?

 

[DogFlynnHead]

Kept it at 68-72 degrees. Put boiled priming sugar into bottling bucket, then added the beer. Gave it a very gentle stir. Then bottled.

 

[dontman]

Nothing to do but wait then. But I wouldn't worry yet. Give it three more weeks before you worry.

I bet you try it in a few days or a week and it suddenly is perfect.

 

[DogFlynnHead]

Cleaned all the bottles before-hand and sanitized as we bottled. Some bottles still had star san foam in them when we bottled. Could this be a problem?

 

[Rad-Rabbit]

Cleaned all the bottles before-hand and sanitized as we bottled. Some bottles still had star san foam in them when we bottled. Could this be a problem?

Starsan acts as yeast fuel at certain PH levels, so I would say this is not your problem.

I bet you try it in a few days or a week and it suddenly is perfect.

X2

 

[size]

yeah star san bubbles will not hurt yr beer:]

actually I'm just gonna go ahead and +1 the post above me

 

[RunBikeBrew]

You should try increasing your temperature. I bottle carb at 73F with an aquarium heater. I've tried bottle carbing at house temps (mid 60's) and the darn things never carb.

 

[Lordsoth]

I had a pale ale that I thought was a lost cause. I bottled it back in June and it never really fully carbed, I'm talking like after 8 weeks. So I just set them on a shelf and forgot about em. Then last weekend, I decided to drink a few, and low and behold they were fully carbed. I can't say for sure when the carbed between when I checked them last at the 8 week mark and last weekend at the 15 week mark, but regardless I had a huge lag time with that beer for some reason.

I guess what I'm saying is, just give it some more time before you get too worried.