Katman
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Hi everyone
I forgot to order priming sugar a couple weeks ago and did not realize it until bottling day. So I took a look at a couple of brewing books I have and decided to use sugar that I already had to prime two different batches. I bottled a blond ale with regular old table sugar and a porter with pure brown sugar. I am sure I used the correct amounts maybe even a little extra and got very different results. The blond ale had a bit of carbonation after two weeks and is carbonated after three weeks but not like other beers I have brewed (carbonation and head were weak). The porter is still flat as the day I bottled it after three weeks. Every brew I have done with store bought priming sugar has carbonated nicely in a week to ten days. What do you think caused the long carbonation time on the blond and the so far failed carbonation on the porter. I bottled a brown ale last weekend with store bought priming sugar and tested one last night and it was already fully carbonated at six days in the bottle. BTW all of the above beers are being aged in the same conditions so I am sure that is not a factor.
I forgot to order priming sugar a couple weeks ago and did not realize it until bottling day. So I took a look at a couple of brewing books I have and decided to use sugar that I already had to prime two different batches. I bottled a blond ale with regular old table sugar and a porter with pure brown sugar. I am sure I used the correct amounts maybe even a little extra and got very different results. The blond ale had a bit of carbonation after two weeks and is carbonated after three weeks but not like other beers I have brewed (carbonation and head were weak). The porter is still flat as the day I bottled it after three weeks. Every brew I have done with store bought priming sugar has carbonated nicely in a week to ten days. What do you think caused the long carbonation time on the blond and the so far failed carbonation on the porter. I bottled a brown ale last weekend with store bought priming sugar and tested one last night and it was already fully carbonated at six days in the bottle. BTW all of the above beers are being aged in the same conditions so I am sure that is not a factor.