1KD1
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3 weeks ago I bottled an Irish red extract kit. It was my first 5gal batch. I don't remember which calculator I used but I checked my notes and it appears I only added 2.2oz of corn sugar. (brewer's best priming sugar).
I tasted one this past weekend and it was nearly flat. I am assuming that there was an operator error when finding that calculation and I am new enough to have not noticed that was a small amount for a 5 gal batch.
Anyway, do I have to drink nearly flat beer or can I just open the bottles and add a small amount of cane sugar? Then recondition a few more weeks? Or just let them sit until I get kegging supplies and dump them in a keg to force carb? (hope to be kegging by midsummer)
Now, that I proof read this, I realize that I know my options, just not sure which would be my best attempt to fix this beer.
I tasted one this past weekend and it was nearly flat. I am assuming that there was an operator error when finding that calculation and I am new enough to have not noticed that was a small amount for a 5 gal batch.
Anyway, do I have to drink nearly flat beer or can I just open the bottles and add a small amount of cane sugar? Then recondition a few more weeks? Or just let them sit until I get kegging supplies and dump them in a keg to force carb? (hope to be kegging by midsummer)
Now, that I proof read this, I realize that I know my options, just not sure which would be my best attempt to fix this beer.