Ginger beer not carbonated?

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Ginger beer not carbonated?

Postby Lebowski » Sunday Mar 20, 2005 11:32 pm

Have left a ginger beer under the sink for 2 weeks and its very flat. Just wondering if theres some reason for this (all my beers have carbonated fine) Someone suggested taking off the cap of one adding more priming sugar and seeing if it helps (while keeping it in an explosion tolerant place :P)
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Postby Oliver » Monday Mar 21, 2005 9:25 am

What temperature has it been around your parts. Are you sure it's been warm enough?

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Postby Lebowski » Monday Mar 21, 2005 3:38 pm

Probably around 25 most of the time
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Postby Oliver » Monday Mar 21, 2005 4:44 pm

Mmmmm. Dunno. You weren't drunk and forgot to prime were you? :D

They're the same bottles as normal?

How long was it in the fermenter for?

It's pretty weird.

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Postby Lebowski » Monday Mar 21, 2005 8:58 pm

Yeah I remember priming.. same bottles as usual, was in fermenter for about a week I think. I dont think I did anything different really apart from using ginger beer instead of beer.
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Postby db » Tuesday Mar 22, 2005 7:58 am

could it be the yeast? did the kit come with a yeast nutrient?.. i don't know if i'd re-prime all the bottles.. maybe you could try just re-priming one & see how it goes after a week? do you bulk prime lebowski?
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Postby Lebowski » Tuesday Mar 22, 2005 12:24 pm

Possibly the yeast.. but it fermented fine in the fermenter.. I used carbonation drops.
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Postby Dogger Dan » Tuesday Mar 22, 2005 12:38 pm

Hearing a lot of issues regarding those drops.

As an aside, I bottled a beer down and it took two weeks to get the PET bottle hard. I am sure if I cracked it now after three weeks I would be dissappointed.

Patience I am told is a virtue.

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Postby NRB » Wednesday Mar 23, 2005 9:46 pm

My last GB took ages to begin fermentation and ages to carbonate. I think it's got something to do with less malt than and actual beer.
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