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Offline Lazy Ant Brewing

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Bottle carbonation light after 20 days?
« on: July 12, 2015, 06:26:58 am »
Its been 20 days since bottling and I would prefer a bit more carbonation.  Will more time help or should I just chill it and drink it as is?

It's a brown ale.  I used 145 grams of corn sugar in 5.25 gals of beer. I've kept the bottles at about 73 F and shaken them every two or three days.

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Offline Stevie

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Re: Bottle carbonation light after 20 days?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 07:02:43 am »
You used an ounce per gallon. Should be pretty carbonated at that amount. Give it some more time

Offline cascadesrunner

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Re: Bottle carbonation light after 20 days?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 10:27:32 am »
Agreed.  That amount of sugar will carbonate your batch.  Give it another week and test again. 
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