Mattress
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 18/10/11
- Messages
- 334
- Reaction score
- 148
Morning,
I've only made a few brews but my last couple have been under-carbed after 4 weeks in the bottle compared to the 1st 2 brews
After doing some reading I think I know where I may have gone wrong. With these brews I used a secondary fermenter for the 1st time. Both of them spent 10 - 12 days in my primary fermenter, transferred to my secondary before crash chilling for 3 days, bottled with carbonation sugar added at bottling. I think I may have dropped the yeast while crash chilling and there wasn't enough in the bottle to get the carbonation tokick off - would this be correct?
With my next brew I'm planning to bulk prime in my secondary and leave it at fermentation temps for a few days before crash chilling. Will this help improve the carb levels?
Any other suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks
Mattress
I've only made a few brews but my last couple have been under-carbed after 4 weeks in the bottle compared to the 1st 2 brews
After doing some reading I think I know where I may have gone wrong. With these brews I used a secondary fermenter for the 1st time. Both of them spent 10 - 12 days in my primary fermenter, transferred to my secondary before crash chilling for 3 days, bottled with carbonation sugar added at bottling. I think I may have dropped the yeast while crash chilling and there wasn't enough in the bottle to get the carbonation tokick off - would this be correct?
With my next brew I'm planning to bulk prime in my secondary and leave it at fermentation temps for a few days before crash chilling. Will this help improve the carb levels?
Any other suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks
Mattress