No carbonation in lager after two weeks in bottles

[Silver_Is_Money]

If you round up some of the very early home brew books you will see recipes that look essentially like:

1 can John Bull pale malt
4 lbs. table sugar

Those were the days of cidery beer, and they gave rise to the term "homebrew twang".

 

[BrewingCzech]

All right. I will put the table sugar in a few bottles from my next batch and compare the final product to those with tablets, dextrose etc.

 

[jalc6927]

I just did the same experiment with priming sugar, drops, and table sugar

Will know in 2 weeks if there’s any difference

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

All right. I will put the table sugar in a few bottles from my next batch and compare the final product to those with tablets, dextrose etc.

Many will benefit from the outcome of this experiment.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

I just did the same experiment with priming sugar, drops, and table sugar

Will know in 2 weeks if there’s any difference

Likewise, many will benefit from your conclusions.

 

[BrewingCzech]

Definitely. I'm brewing a small batch of Altbier tonight.

 

[BrewingCzech]

Hi again. So...
The Altibier is not fermenting. I tried to add more yeast, but it didn't work. It means no priming experiment for now.
Back to my lager... I opened another bottle and it was good. I still think that it's not quite finished yet, but almost. It has the usual level of carbonation.
Those two bottles into which I added extra carbonation drops are very sweet. There's not enough yeast to eat that much sugar.

 

[elreplica]

Hi again. So...
The Altibier is not fermenting. I tried to add more yeast, but it didn't work. It means no priming experiment for now.
Back to my lager... I opened another bottle and it was good. I still think that it's not quite finished yet, but almost. It has the usual level of carbonation.
Those two bottles into which I added extra carbonation drops are very sweet. There's not enough yeast to eat that much sugar.

Wow! You've been having some serious fermentus laggus as of late...Better luck in the new year![emoji106]

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

In which beer did you try priming a few bottles with the Domino Dots?

 

[jalc6927]

Turns out there was no real difference between the priming sugar and Drops, the dots were far less carbed. And one of the dots exploded

I have 3 more (1 of each) waiting to try soon

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Turns out there was no real difference between the priming sugar and Drops, the dots were far less carbed. And one of the dots exploded

I have 3 more (1 of each) waiting to try soon

For the average to be under-carbonated, and then one to explode, it seems that it must have gotten 2 Dots.

 

[Brownalemikie]

Since Flars suggested Domino Dot sugar cubes to me, I've drank about 450 bottles of brown ale and stout. Not one exploded....and all had perfect carbonation after 2-3 weeks of conditioning.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Since Flars suggested Domino Dot sugar cubes to me, I've drank about 450 bottles of brown ale and stout. Not one exploded....and all had perfect carbonation after 2-3 weeks of conditioning.

I'm only at about half of your experience level with the use of Domino Dots, but all of mine have perfectly carbonated my 12 ounce bottles as well.

 

[Silver_Is_Money]

Any further updates here? Any additional Domino Dot bottle explosions? Any perceptible off-flavors for the Dots vs. the other carbonating sugars?

 

[jalc6927]

The only difference I’ve found between carb drops, priming sugar and domino dots is cost, dots being cheapest

Stay away from the carb tabs, the ones that look like little tan hockey pucks