Carbonation issue

[thesteve]

Finished an IPA brew just over a month ago. It was sitting in the house in the warmth for a couple of weeks then I moved it to the garage in the cold for another two weeks but when I opened the first bottle last night it did not have much fizz to it. Will it get better just leaving it in the cold for a while longer or do you think I should bring it back to a warm place for a bit?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Bring it back in for another couple of weeks, somewhere in the low 20’s would be good.

 

[The Baron]

How much sugar did you use to prime it, have you used crown caps ? and does the beer taste sweetish

 

[An Ankoù]

I normally allow 6 weeks at around 15C or above for carbonation. Sometimes it takes ages and ages, but they all get there in the end.

 

[joe 90]

what kind of bottles glass or plastic if you are using glass always fill a plastic one to as you can feel the carbonation if plastic leave in the heat till the bottle goes rock hard

 

[thesteve]

Thanks all, I will bring it back inside for a while. It is in glass bottles with about half a teaspoon of sugar in each.

 

[joe 90]

get yourself a couple of plastic ones for carbonation purposes it takes the guessing out of the equation

 

[An Ankoù]

get yourself a couple of plastic ones for carbonation purposes it takes the guessing out of the equation

Good advice.

 

[phildo79]

It really shouldn't take that long to carb up. Did you skimp on the yeast when brewing?