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RAKBREW

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After 3 weeks in primary and 10 days after bottling I place my first bottle of Austrailan Lager in the frig. Well let me tell you.............THE TASTE WAS GREAT!:ban:.........however the beer was kinda flat :(...........is that normal? I hope the taste stays the same and the carbonation gets better........should I worry yet?

CHEERS>>>>>>>>>:mug:
 
The 3 weeks at 70 degrees, that 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.

Temp and gravity are the two factors that contribute to the time it takes to carb beer. But if a beer's not ready yet, or seems low carbed, and you added the right amount of sugar to it, then it's not stalled, it's just not time yet.

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

Read the above blog, and come back to the beer in a couple more weeks.

If a beer isn't carbed by "x number of weeks" you just have to give them ore time. If you added your sugar, then the beer will carb up eventually, it's really a foolroof process. All beers will carb up eventually. A lot of new brewers think they have to "troubleshoot" a bottling issue, when there really is none, the beer knows how to carb itself. In fact if you run beersmiths carbing calculator, some lower grav beers don't even require additional sugar to reach their minimum level of carbonation. Just time.


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I have stored my beer in my workshop in my basement which stays around 70 degrees, I will try to be patient.......... however I think I will try another in about 5 days, the one week apart after that..........thanks

CHEERS
 
No need to worry, give it a couple more weeks...

Beer pipelines are a good idea for this reason. If you have a beer or two ready, you are not nearly as tempted to crack a beer open early :)
 
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