Flat beer please help
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Flat beer please help
I made 5 gallons of a strawberry blonde beer with an unhopped wheat malt, hallertauer hops and strawberry extract..when bottling I used 22 ounce bottles and put a teaspoon and a half of priming sugar in each bottle and then capped them and let them sit for 3 weeks. So far every bottle I opened has great body but is flat and has no head. Anyone know what could be going wrong? Thanks.
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Re: Flat beer please help
I normally use http://www.franklinbrew.org/tools/carb.html when calculating carbonation and figuring 2.5 volumes of CO2 for a 5-gallon batch at 70°F, you'd need 4.5 ounces of corn sugar. Unfortunately, I don't know if that's more than the 43.5 teaspoons that you used. There are 48 teaspoons in a cup and you used slightly less.
What was the bottling and bottle condition temp?
How long after pitching, did you bottle?
What was the bottling and bottle condition temp?
How long after pitching, did you bottle?
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Re: Flat beer please help
I had this problem with a steam beer and a cider that i brewed. They were
really clear when i racked to the bottling bucket and didn't carbonate
completely. I added a few grains of dry yeast to each bottle and recapped
and they carbonated. Now, i pull just a little yeast into the bucket. it
depends on the strain that you use. Some highly floculant yeasts, like the
wy 2112, california or 1968 settle out really completely. some medium
floculating yeasts leave a bunch in suspension, even though the beer looks
clear. Better to be safe than sorry. the yeast will settle out in the
bottle and the beer will clear if you give it three weeks or so. good
luck.
really clear when i racked to the bottling bucket and didn't carbonate
completely. I added a few grains of dry yeast to each bottle and recapped
and they carbonated. Now, i pull just a little yeast into the bucket. it
depends on the strain that you use. Some highly floculant yeasts, like the
wy 2112, california or 1968 settle out really completely. some medium
floculating yeasts leave a bunch in suspension, even though the beer looks
clear. Better to be safe than sorry. the yeast will settle out in the
bottle and the beer will clear if you give it three weeks or so. good
luck.
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