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mark bruce

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Hi guys,
Thought I'd post this separately as it seems to be getting missed.
I have an IPA that's been in the bottle for a month and it's under carbonated.
Is there anything that I can do at this stage?
Mark
 
Could try putting them somewhere 20deg for a week, might work. Mine carbonate much better at this temp I find.
 
How much priming sugar did you use? As frog says....they may take ages if you try to gas them up in a cold place...mine get a minimum 2 weeks in a dark kitchen cupboard...just turf out all that crap the mrs keeps buying and bobs your aunty!
 
I had a batch I brewed end of last year take an absolute age to carbonate, thanks to that "Beast from the east" cold snap we had, so could just be the temps have been a bit low for it.

I also found that if I don't give the bottling bucket a gentle stir, the sugar solution doesn't mix in properly (even after transferring the beer into the solution so it swirled a bit), and I'd get some bottles nicely carbed, other bottles less so. So now I always give it a gentle stir, then let it sit for 10 minutes before I start bottling.

Or it could just be not enough sugar. This used to happen a lot to me using kit instructions, or kits with the bottling sugar supplied, they seem to always under do it. Oh and priming calculators are a pest too!!! The Brewers Friend one always tells me to use less than Beersmith 2 does, and nearly always comes out under carbed for my tastes.
 
Over the winter I carbonate near a rad. As I use PET's I can tell by squeezing the bottles, if they're not carbing up I give them a couple of days nearer the rad and they come out fine.
 
Thanks guys. I'll start with bringing them back indoors for another couple of weeks. Might re sugar some too if I find the energy/enthusiasm!
 

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