Uncarbonated lager

[Brewsforlife]

About 4 month ago I made a German Schwarzbier. I bottled it in 1 liter flip top bottles.

Just recently I was attempting to share the last 4 or 5 bottles from the recipe and when I flipped the top they were not carbonated.

I immediately put some sanitizer on the lids and resealed and refrigerated.

Is there any way to recarbonate?

I did attempt to sprinkly some dry ale yeast in one of the bottles with no luck.

All of the beer was carbonated with corn sugar

Thanks
Ken

[BrewDog]

You should probably go pick up a pkg of carbonation drops. Just follow the directions on the bag. Make sure you let them warm back up to about 70F.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by Brewsforlife

I did attempt to sprinkly some dry ale yeast in one of the bottles with no luck.


after adding the yeast, did you put it back in the fridge?

[Brewsforlife]

No, I brought the beer to room temp, added the yeast and let sit for about 5 days before refrigerating.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by Brewsforlife
No, I brought the beer to room temp, added the yeast and let sit for about 5 days before refrigerating.

while 5 days should have been enough, try it again for 10-14

the other issue is that the rubber seals have deteriorated and any gas is escaping instead of going into the brew.

You could mix it half and half with cold club soda. It'll be watered down and not quite as carbed as you might want, but it saves a drain pour.