Flat Porter

[balconybrewer]

hi all.
i bottled the following brew about 2 weeks ago and there is absolutly no sign of carb? i bulk primed with 105gms dex. what is going on??

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 22.00 L
Boil Size: 27.69 L
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 44.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.50 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.Grain 69.31 %
0.50 kg Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC) Grain 9.90 %
0.50 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 9.90 %
0.30 kg Carafa I (Weyermann) (630.4 EBC) Grain 5.94 %
0.25 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 4.95 %
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (60 min) Hops 7.5 IBU
25.00 gm Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 23.5 IBU
10.00 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
5.00 gm Fuggles [4.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 items vanilla bean (Secondary 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.05 kg
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 11.95 L of water at 78.7 C 67.8 C

 

[kevo]

It's winter, are they conditioning somewhere warm?

Kev

 

[balconybrewer]

yea, about 19deg, i have done another ale along side it and it has carbonated in the same time......?

any ideas?

 

[balconybrewer]

anyone else got any ideas????????? h34r:

 

[randyrob]

it's gotto be the fuggles

 

[Nedelz]

As silly as this may sound, are you sure you added the priming sugar? :icon_drunk:

It has been done before....... h34r:

 

[Frank]

+1
Open a bottle, have a taste and take an SG.

As silly as this may sound, are you sure you added the priming sugar? :icon_drunk:
It has been done before....... h34r:

 

[balconybrewer]

positive it was added.

i did this all grain with a mate and we split the brew into 2 20lt cubes and have both fermented it in different locations.

we have both had it in the bottle for about 3 weeks now and neither of us has carbonation. has anybody ever had this problem?????

 

[randyrob]

are you able to provide us with your fermentation rgime?

 

[Frank]

i bottled the following brew about 2 weeks ago and there is absolutly no sign of carb? i bulk primed with 105gms dex. what is going on??

At what stage of the process was the 105g dex added?
What was the priming method and amount of the Ale that did work?

 

[balconybrewer]

5 days in primary @20deg
3 days in secondary @17deg

racked onto 105gms sugar disolved into water and bottled........

been in the cupboard for 3 weeks at about 17deg

 

[Frank]

5 days in primary @20deg
3 days in secondary @17deg
racked onto 105gms sugar disolved into water and bottled........
been in the cupboard for 3 weeks at about 17deg

All seems quite normal. You could get a couple of the bottles and try to warm up to 25 degrees for a couple of days, to really get the yeast active and see what happens.
Did you change your bottle rinsing procedure for this brew? Residual sanitiser in the bottles?
If you put your ear close to the cap when opening a bottle, can you hear any sign of a 'psst'?

 

[RetsamHsam]

Try opening one of the bottles and adding a teaspoon of dextrose, wait a week, if there is still no signs of carbonation your yeast is either dead or the position you have the bottles is too cold.