Hey Everyone,
I just finished a Dogfish Head 60min clone extract brew.
On bottling day I realized that I forgot to pick up priming sugar so I used 2/3 cup of table sugar mixed with water (and boiled).
I waited about 8 days for the beer to carbonate (room temp was roughly 60-65)
When I opened one up there was no carbonation at all.
How worried should I be and is there anything I can do?
Thanks so much!
No big deal; you did right. Just keep the bottles in the warmest area of the house (not on floor) and wait for a total of 4-6 weeks for proper carbonation. It might help to rouse the bottles a little bit since it is a bigger beer.
Awesome. Thanks so much!
I only use table sugar.
Also fill a soda bottle with your beer. Squeeze the O2 out and screw the cap on.
Then you can see/feel the CO2 being produced. No wasting beer opening the glass bottles.
As MullerBrau said, give it time and a warm room.
Great advice, thanks!
Cane sugar has a higher extract yield than corn sugar, so you need to use less cane sugar than corn sugar. If a recipe called for 4oz. corn sugar then you would need 3.8oz. of cane sugar for the same results.
Table sugar is just as good as cane and a lot cheaper too.
[quote=“wallybeer”]Table sugar is just as good as cane and a lot cheaper too.[/quote]They’re the same thing (unless the sugar is made from beets).
