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I brewed up a Coopers Canadian blond and a coopers pilsner in the beginning of August and bottled them on the 10th of August, I tried the first Bottle about 10 days ago and it seemed a bit on the flat side,actually tasted still pretty immature, still pours a nice head,so randomly picked a couple of bottles and all tasted the same,It has been quite cold here in kalgoorlie and I`m thinking it hasn`t done it`s secondary fermentation due to being cold. I`v been away for seven weeks so the beer was in the pantry in the shed. I`v moved it to a warmer place and kept around 20 degress and tried one yesterday it tastes ok but there is still no carbonation My question is, if secondary did not happen due to the cold, could i open every bottle and add another teaspoon of sugar and a couple grains of yeast and re cap. has any one tried this

Reply to
Mario
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Adding more sugar is a dangerous proposition... it may work alright, but if you add a little too much sugar, your bottles could burst. The first thing you should do is keep the bottles warm at 20 C for 2 to 3 weeks (if you haven't already). If that doesn't work, then you might be better off finding another similar beer that is well carbonated that you can mix

50/50.... sure, it's just not the same that way, but it might be better than drinking flat beer... or less risky than the possibility of explosive beer.
Reply to
David M. Taylor

What did you use to prime? Did you batch prime and how much sugar?

Reply to
stephen

I used white sugar 1 teaspoon for the king browns and half teaspoon for the stubbies,I used this amount for all my other brews 27 in total and they carbonate just fine

Reply to
mario

I'm a little confused here... if the beer is on the flat side, how does it "pour a nice head?" That implies pretty decent carbonation.

Reply to
NobodyMan

well that should do the job. Personally I find bulk priming a lot easier, but to each their own. Give it a week or two at a warmer temp. , but you did say you did that so ? Are you sure the caps aren't slightly leaking pressure? sidenote: I used screwtop refundable bottles at home once and they carbonated significantly less than the non-screwtop and pet bottles. Using a counter-pressure bottle filler I didn't have that problem (I assume becasue the immiadte co2 pressurized the caps instead of building up pressure).

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stephen

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