I've been searching the forum and everything relating to flat beer seems to be associated with barrels. I have flat been in bottles. I must be special.
The kit was a Wilkinsons Golden Ale. I bottled with about 3g sugar in each so I wasn't expecting a massively fizzy brew but a bit of a head wouldn't go amiss!
It's been going through secondary fermentation in my kitchen (at about 19C) for about a week and a half and I put it into the cold cupboard about two days ago. Impatience got the better of me and I cracked one open to test it. Pretty good self control on my part seeing as I've had to dance round them in the kitchen for 1 1/2 weeks!
But it's flat. As a pancake. Tastes fine and I'm not going to lose any sleep over the taste, I'm just bothered that it's not what I expected. It's cleared nicely and I bottled into clear 500ml bottles with crown caps. I'mm also concerned it won't keep as well.
Any idea what I did wrong? I've got 40 pints of wherry that's close to bottling and I want to make sure I don't get it wrong again. I've got a barrel to put it into if I must but storage is tight and I can store bottles easier than I can store another barrel.
Help please!
The kit was a Wilkinsons Golden Ale. I bottled with about 3g sugar in each so I wasn't expecting a massively fizzy brew but a bit of a head wouldn't go amiss!
It's been going through secondary fermentation in my kitchen (at about 19C) for about a week and a half and I put it into the cold cupboard about two days ago. Impatience got the better of me and I cracked one open to test it. Pretty good self control on my part seeing as I've had to dance round them in the kitchen for 1 1/2 weeks!
But it's flat. As a pancake. Tastes fine and I'm not going to lose any sleep over the taste, I'm just bothered that it's not what I expected. It's cleared nicely and I bottled into clear 500ml bottles with crown caps. I'mm also concerned it won't keep as well.
Any idea what I did wrong? I've got 40 pints of wherry that's close to bottling and I want to make sure I don't get it wrong again. I've got a barrel to put it into if I must but storage is tight and I can store bottles easier than I can store another barrel.
Help please!