[COHO] Beer - inconsistant carbonation and a Fair suggestion

[cheryl mayfield]

Thanks for your help!
    Do you think I should take the beer out of the frige and store it back 
in my dark pantry? I did use a light malt extract along with partial mash of 
Flaked corn/Crystal 10/2-row.
                                      Cheryl Mayfield
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thom Gilles" <tominbend at msn.com>
To: <coho at lists.bendtel.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [COHO] Beer - inconsistant carbonation and a Fair suggestion


> 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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