Re priming

[Doghouse-gav]

Just opened my first bottle of lemon lime lager. Im really happy with how it turned out. Just not that happy with the carbination. Its been at 21*c for 2 weeks. Is it possible to add more sugar to each bottle and recap? If so should I keep at 21*c for a further 2 weeks?

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[Arneba28]

just wait another week or so. If you followed the standard directions for bottleing and had the correct volume of beer that you were supposed to you should be good. it just might need another week or so.

 

[Revvy]

Arnebas right...don't do anything to "fix" what's probably nothing wrong, or else you WILL have a problem, bottle bombs.

The 3 weeks at 70 degrees, that we recommend is the minimum time it takes for average gravity beers to carbonate and condition. Higher grav beers take longer.

Stouts and porters have taken me between 6 and 8 weeks to carb up..I have a 1.090 Belgian strong that took three months to carb up.


Everything you need to know about carbing and conditioning, can be found here Of Patience and Bottle Conditioning. With emphasis on the word, "patience."

 

[Jawbox0]

Thanks, I was starting to lose hope in the carbing on my Barleywine and Tripel. It's been about 5 weeks and the carbonation is minimal. I'll check back in June, sometimes it's so easy to think that everything's gone wrong.