Pasta
Active Member
So my first batch has been in bottles at about 70 degrees for 4 weeks. When I bottled I put it all in 12 oz bottles except for one 16 or 20 oz brown plastic root beer bottle to see when carbonation started. I tried a bottle at 2 and again at 3 weeks and they were flat. No biggie. I bottled my second batch the other day and emptied the plastic root beer bottle so I could use it again. The beer in the plastic was actually carbonated and not bad. I got stoked and threw a 6 pack in the fridge and tried a bottle yesterday and it was flat. So the question is, would there be a reason for beer to carbonate quicker in plastic or was it a fluke? Is it normal for some bottles to carbonate quicker than others? And if a bottle is lightly carbonated at room temperature will it be less carbonated when cold?