On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:01:42 GMT, <beowulf_is_not_here@hotmail.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> If you leave too little head space in the bottle, the beer will not properly
>> carbonate. I don't know why, but it won't.[/color]
>
> I've read that this is because the pressure in the bottle builds up too
> quickly and inhibits the yeast before they can finish carbonating the beer.[/color]

MDixon (used to be a regular on here) did some experiments a while ago
along those lines. IIRC, he found that yeast would remain active up until
around 45PSI or so, before they shut down and ceased activity. Can a bottle
take that much pressure? I don't know for sure, but it sounds high. I
would guess that the bottle would blow before the yeast stopped?


John.