[COHO] Beer - inconsistant carbonation and a Fair suggestion

[Thom Gilles]

This is a great question and a common problem. When beer is bottled it needs 
to remain at room temp. for at least 2 weeks before put in the fridge. This 
will give the yeast time to consume the newly added corn sugar and carbonate 
the beer. wouldn't toss a batch until I give it plenty of time to correct 
itself. You never know, and it hurts to dump your hard work down the 
drain!!!

As for the color of the beer, what was the recipe? A blonde ale is a tricky 
one if using an extract recipe.

Tom


>From: Huntkng at aol.com
>Reply-To: Central Oregon Homebrewers <coho at lists.bendtel.net>
>To: coho at lists.bendtel.net
>Subject: [COHO] Beer - inconsistant carbonation and a Fair suggestion
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:10:19 EDT
>
>Hi Group!
>This is a great question from one of my COCC students (Cheryl).  I  like
>these questions because they get us all involved.  I had a similar  problem 
>with a
>recent IPA.  What is your take on the problem here??
>
>Hiya,
>     I took your class this past March,  LOVED it, still making beer (on my
>5th batch - raspberry brown ale and some  not raspberry for my hubby who 
>doesn't
>do fruity-beer). In fact that's why I'm  emailing. I got a recipe off
>Tastybrew for a "not-a-lager" ale which was  supposed to be a light summer 
>blonde
>ale. I followed directions, everything  brewed up fine, put in first 
>fermenter
>and it proceeded to blow the top off  the airlock for about 4 days! I left 
>it in
>there for 7 days then transferred  it to a glass carboy for another 10 days
>(still bubbling away up until the  end). OG and FG were within specs off 
>the
>recipe site. Added the corn sugar;  bottled it and I put it in my beer
>refrigerator. And that's where I'm  wondering if I went wrong. After 
>another 2 weeks
>couldn't wait and  the first 4 bottles I opened had NO carbonation, really 
>flat
>and the color was  darker than what it was supposed to be. Tossed them down
>the drain - bottle #5  popped nicely, nice head and it will knock your 
>socks
>off! It's about as  far from a light beer as you can get. So I've just 
>kinda left
>it in the  refrigerator for another week. Should I just toss the whole 
>batch?
>Did putting  it in the refrigerator after bottling slow everything down too
>much?
>  Thanks for your help and advise
>                          Cheryl Mayfield
>P.S. I've been reading about the homebrew club's debate  about the 
>Deschutes
>County Fair. I was a superintendant in the livestock area  (llamas) for 
>about
>7 years. If you want to get any response from the Fair  Board, go directly 
>to
>whomever is the superintendant for the division that the  beer is being 
>under.
>They are the ones to get things done. If you just go to  the fair office, 
>it
>will take sooooo long to filter down to the super, the  fair will be over. 
>I
>would suggest that someone contacts the super and has a  talk with them; 
>show
>the forms you use for beer judging; and ask who the judge  is - you may 
>have
>the same judge for beer as for jelly & pickles. The  super is the person 
>who
>contracts for the judges. Since beer judging does have  a set formula, make 
>sure
>that person would feel confident doing it, or you may  be able to step in 
>and
>let someone else do that category - but check with the  super first. Some 
>of
>those people have been in those positions for years, and  will need to be
>finessed!! Have fun!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>From: "cheryl mayfield" <cmayfield at uci.net>
>To: <Huntkng at aol.com>
>Subject: beer
>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:30:17 -0700
>Hiya,
>     I took your class this past March, LOVED it, still making beer (on my 
>5th batch - raspberry brown ale and some not raspberry for my hubby who 
>doesn't do fruity-beer). In fact that's why I'm emailing. I got a recipe 
>off Tastybrew for a "not-a-lager" ale which was supposed to be a light 
>summer blonde ale. I followed directions, everything brewed up fine, put in 
>first fermenter and it proceeded to blow the top off the airlock for about 
>4 days! I left it in there for 7 days then transferred it to a glass carboy 
>for another 10 days (still bubbling away up until the end). OG and FG were 
>within specs off the recipe site. Added the corn sugar; bottled it and I 
>put it in my beer refrigerator. And that's where I'm wondering if I went 
>wrong. After another 2 weeks couldn't wait and the first 4 bottles I opened 
>had NO carbonation, really flat and the color was darker than what it was 
>supposed to be. Tossed them down the drain - bottle #5 popped nicely, nice 
>head and it will knock your socks off! It's about as far from a light beer 
>as you can get. So I've just kinda left it in the refrigerator for another 
>week. Should I just toss the whole batch? Did putting it in the 
>refrigerator after bottling slow everything down too much?
>           Thanks for your help and advise
>                         Cheryl Mayfield
>P.S. I've been reading about the homebrew club's debate about the Deschutes 
>County Fair. I was a superintendant in the livestock area (llamas) for 
>about 7 years. If you want to get any response from the Fair Board, go 
>directly to whomever is the superintendant for the division that the beer 
>is being under. They are the ones to get things done. If you just go to the 
>fair office, it will take sooooo long to filter down to the super, the fair 
>will be over. I would suggest that someone contacts the super and has a 
>talk with them; show the forms you use for beer judging; and ask who the 
>judge is - you may have the same judge for beer as for jelly & pickles. The 
>super is the person who contracts for the judges. Since beer judging does 
>have a set formula, make sure that person would feel confident doing it, or 
>you may be able to step in and let someone else do that category - but 
>check with the super first. Some of those people have been in those 
>positions for years, and will need to be finessed!! Have fun!




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