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Help! Carbonation problem
Hey guys,
I am new here and not even sure I am posting in the right place. Recently I did a 10 gal batch of a mac and jacks clone recipe that I found here. It is the third time I did this recipe with excellent results the first two times.
I do the brewing with help from a local brewer that does a brew on premises kind of thing. Generally they move from primary to secondary and then to a keg where the beer is dry hopped and then we bottle. With this batch, they didn't dry hop which dramatically changed the aroma and thus the taste. When I went to bottle, we realized the problem and they offered to move the beer to another keg and dry hop, then bottle for me.
The taste on this batch and the aroma are back to where I would have expected, but the carbonation is very low. It will produce a small head, but not the crispness that comes with appropriate carbonation. In short, I have a flat beer. It has only been in the bottles for one week. Will waiting longer help the beer to recarbonate? Should i rotate the bottles to help stir up the yeast? Would it help if I uncapped the bottles, dropped in a coopers carb drop and then recapped?
Any thoughts would be appreciated! Also, I live at high elevation, over 6000 ft and as a result our basement where I store the beer probably stays at a constant 67 degrees.
Thanks!
Give it more time. A week really isn't long enough for the beer to fully carb & taste its best. If it's still flat after 8 weeks, then you can start worrying.
67°F should be fine for carbonating, but I usually try to keep it at 70° F or a little bit higher to speed things along. I don't think you should have any issues at 67 though.
Was this carbed in the keg, or did you prime when bottling? If it was carbonated in the keg it ain't gonna get any better. If not, and you primed it before bottling, expect 3 to 5 weeks to reach full carbonation.
Bob
temp really affects time it takes to carbonate. at 67 degrees give it a few weeks and try again.
DC
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