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Old 12-05-2004, 06:31 PM
Altair
 
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Re: A bigger problem than I thought!

"Randal Chapman" <frandalc@swbell.net> a écrit dans le message de
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> "ChasM" <chasmill70@hotmail.com> wrote in message[/color]
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> > Could it be that the one-step killed the yeast? I see a powdering of[/color][/color]
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> > on the bottom, but only a TINY bit of carbonation (not even any bubbles
> > rising). I just bottled the ale 8 days ago. Does liquid yeast take[/color][/color]
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> > to carbonate a bottle? I moved the lager back to a warmer room, and the[/color][/color]
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> > is in a room about 65 degrees. Did I possibly not use enough sugar?
> >[/color]
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> The first time I ever did a secondary ferment it took probably 2 weeks
> to carbonate sufficiently. It seems so much yeast drops out of
> suspension that the few stragglers left take a little longer. Your
> beer will probably be much clearer for the time though...
>
> _Randal[/color]

I'm just starting to use liquid yeast and it ook longer to carbonate my
first try, also i always wait at least 2 weeks after bottling before even
thinking of trying one. My first beer with liquid yeast took 4 weeks to
carbonate.
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