bottled my citra pale ale with no sugar help!

[alfie09]

hi

bottled my citra pale ale last weekend without sugar it ended at 1012-1013 i was hoping that it would ferment a bit more in the bottle. but when i opened one saturday nothing no fizz just a slight phssst when i popped the lid. i have succesfully bottled half of my northern brewer without sugar that finished at 1014-015 and is over fizzy to be honest thats when i thought that 1012-1013 would work just as well but less fizzy.

will my beer last without fizziness or not?

i dont fancy openening and sugaring them i would need to go into town for more lids and i cant be bothered doing that lol. maybe i should try leaving in the warm for another week or so?

[Paddy Bubbles]

You need to leave them in a warm room (around 18deg) for 3 weeks to condition the beer. Beers vary in the amount or time they take to condition/carbonate. It all depends on the gravity of your brew. Leave them in the warm for another 2 weeks IMO.

[EoinMag]

That's not long enough, if you've not primed them then I'd not open another for another 6-8 weeks and then there should be a nice head of gas on them.

[alfie09]

ok cheers lads i always open the 1 a week until there carbonated. will leave a bit longer then. the last one i did with no sugar northern brewer that carbonated withing 2 weeks!

[Kev888]

Yes I agree that time should help. Also, unless you're familiar with the recipie and your process is quite consistant, then predicting the FG accurately can be a bit hit and miss. I don't bottle that much so haven't got quite the bottling experise of many on here - without priming I can only get predictable results from brews I'm familiar with, and anything new or different I prefer to let finish and then prime.

Cheers
kev

[Paddy Bubbles]

Alfie, do you know the OG of your beer?

[alfie09]

1050

[Paddy Bubbles]

You see that's a reasonably high OG. It's going to take a few weeks to carbonate and condition. I've got a Coopers Sparkling Ale currently conditioning. Been in bottles for 6 weeks now, plenty of CO2 sitting on top of the beer but it needs a few weeks for the gas to dissolve into the beer. Patience!

[alfie09]

did you bottle without sugar though?

[Paddy Bubbles]

No, I bottled with Coopers carbonation drops.

[fisherman]

Dont worry its perfect, leave the beer until you think it has matured enough to drink. Pour the ale into a glass maybe no head Now the trick get a 10 to 20 ml syringe suck up beer to fill the syringe and inject the syringe into the glass two to three times and you will have the perfect draught pint with a head and no gas. I dont prime my beer ever. I dont like fizz

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