Hi everyone,
First post so take it easy on me,
Been brewing kit lagers a few months now but not had great success, only using kits at the moment before jumping into hops, etc....
Latest brew is a Wilko Cerveza 23ltr mix and carbonation seems to be my issue, ingredients are right (1kg brewing sugar and 500g LSM) and temperature is spot on, (converted a fridge to be temperature controlled chamber)... Other than that, can only see sterilisation being an issue, but I can't see where I'm going wrong if I am....
.... Bottles and equipment washed thoroughly with fairy liquid and bottle brush, in warm water then rinsed until no soap in the bottles and equipment after use.
On bottling day, rinse everything before sanatising ('the range' Make Your Own brand) following instructions but rinse everything at the end because of the smell.... And bottle using a bottling bucket to mix in 4 heaped teaspoons of priming sugar (diluted into half a cup of boiling water and cooled before adding)... Then bottled and left in 'temp chamber' between 19-20 degrees for 5 weeks (so far) and very little carbonation!
Thanks in advance
First post so take it easy on me,
Been brewing kit lagers a few months now but not had great success, only using kits at the moment before jumping into hops, etc....
Latest brew is a Wilko Cerveza 23ltr mix and carbonation seems to be my issue, ingredients are right (1kg brewing sugar and 500g LSM) and temperature is spot on, (converted a fridge to be temperature controlled chamber)... Other than that, can only see sterilisation being an issue, but I can't see where I'm going wrong if I am....
.... Bottles and equipment washed thoroughly with fairy liquid and bottle brush, in warm water then rinsed until no soap in the bottles and equipment after use.
On bottling day, rinse everything before sanatising ('the range' Make Your Own brand) following instructions but rinse everything at the end because of the smell.... And bottle using a bottling bucket to mix in 4 heaped teaspoons of priming sugar (diluted into half a cup of boiling water and cooled before adding)... Then bottled and left in 'temp chamber' between 19-20 degrees for 5 weeks (so far) and very little carbonation!
Thanks in advance
