priming

[Mapleroots]

I use Brown sugar to prime my beer, 5oz for a 4 gal batch. This is my first batch that I've ever done, so I wanted to open a bottle after a week of carbing in the bottles. The color is nice,though a little cloudy, but tastes great! The only thing is there is no head to the beer and little carbonation has taken place. Is this normal for only a week of carbonating. The thing is there may have been a chance that oxygen got into the beer while siphoning from my carboy, and I'm worried that that affected my product. Let me know what you guys think about this topic, concerning any aspect of bottling? Peace from Zion Brewing!


Primary: Wisemen Winter Whit
Bottled: Knight-N-Gale Ale

 

[gregs765]

I give my bottles at least two weeks, if I can keep the temperature 68-70 (which can be tough during the winter in my house!). If it is colder than that, it'll take more time. So keep 'em warm and give it another week.

Greg

 

[Joos]

oxygen shouldn't decarb your beer.Dumb question but are the caps on there nice and tight?(no twist offs)I haven't used brown sugar to carb before,But using dextrose it carbs after about 3-4 days,Not that you should open them that early.Did you use a secondary or bottling bucket?The yeasts may not be consistent throughout the brew.Sorry guess i had more questions than you

 

[Mapleroots]

I got mine in the basement of my house and it gets to temps around 40* if not a little colder, will I still get carbonation if I leave it down there for a month or two, Or should I bring them Into the house. Thanks for the Tip, I though after bottled the temp didn't matter.

 

[Mapleroots]

No Secondary, I kept the beer In my primary for five weeks though, due to problems getting a capper in time. Yeah the caps are on tight. I just read some where that you don't want to introduce oxygen into the beer before bottling, and to be careful of splashing and stirring when adding priming sugar. As far as the yeast is concerned I'm not sure how to make sure the yeast is consistent through the brew, I would guess by stirring it right. The more questions the better!

 

[Yankeehillbrewer]

I got mine in the basement of my house and it gets to temps around 40* if not a little colder, will I still get carbonation if I leave it down there for a month or two, Or should I bring them Into the house. Thanks for the Tip, I though after bottled the temp didn't matter.

That's definitely too cold for carbing. Try to get them into a warmer part of the house if you can. 70* would be ideal, but somewhere in the 60's will work. And give it a couple more weeks.

 

[Mapleroots]

Is It too late to warm them up after a week of sitting in the cold, or will they still carb?

 

[Schlenkerla]

Is It too late to warm them up after a week of sitting in the cold, or will they still carb?

Its not too late. Bring them upstairs. Let them warm up, then give the yeast a wake-up call with a gentle shake. Then let them sit for two weeks.

After two weeks chill just one for about 24 hours then try it out, if its not good enough wait another week and repeat.

 

[strider]

They will still carb. 40s will put yeast to sleep, not kill them. You just gotta turn the lights on and show them the party.

 

[riromero]

I did the same thing last month. I rolled the cold bottles around to disperse the yeast and put them above my refrigerator. The temperature there is in the 55-65F range and it took a good 6 weeks to carbonate. When a trial bottle was carbonated perfectly, I put them all back in the cold. I ended working pretty well.

 

[Mapleroots]

A nice little nap, Sweet, Thanks for the help!