Mr. No-Tip
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So I had the highest hopes for my first Double IPA, but it's turned out to be a pretty rough trot.
It was a good lesson in the concept of yeast attenuation, and actually pushed US05 beyond it's range to 77.7%. So I accepted my 1018 FG only to underestimate my carbonation. The forum then provided some advice on how I might recarb the bottles.
Tonight I compared two bottles that I'd recarbed - one with a full carbo drop, and one with 'the difference' between 1.8 and 2.4 provided via syringe. Both were flat. Dead flat. They've been sitting over 20 degrees for three weeks.
My only thought at this point is that they yeast conked out so hard after dropping from 1091 to 1018, it just had nothing left to carbonate with? Does this even make sense?
It was a good lesson in the concept of yeast attenuation, and actually pushed US05 beyond it's range to 77.7%. So I accepted my 1018 FG only to underestimate my carbonation. The forum then provided some advice on how I might recarb the bottles.
Tonight I compared two bottles that I'd recarbed - one with a full carbo drop, and one with 'the difference' between 1.8 and 2.4 provided via syringe. Both were flat. Dead flat. They've been sitting over 20 degrees for three weeks.
My only thought at this point is that they yeast conked out so hard after dropping from 1091 to 1018, it just had nothing left to carbonate with? Does this even make sense?