Tankard
Well-Known Member
I bottled my red ale 12 days ago. I cracked one open last night, poured it into my frosty beer mug, and I was shocked when there was no head. I took a sip, and although it tastes ok (no off flavors or anything like that), it was under-carbonated. It is also quite cloudy. I thought it was just chill haze but when I poured a room temperature bottle, it was still cloudy.
My last beer was good to go at 2 weeks... clear, carbonated, delicious. I'm almost 2 weeks with this beer and I hope that waiting an additional week will help things out. I think it's ironic that I ended up with a cloudy beer too, considering that I did secondary fermentation this time and I didn't last time. I also seem to have MORE sediment this time as well in the bottles, including some bottles with floating junk at the top.
Should I just wait and hope for the best?
My last beer was good to go at 2 weeks... clear, carbonated, delicious. I'm almost 2 weeks with this beer and I hope that waiting an additional week will help things out. I think it's ironic that I ended up with a cloudy beer too, considering that I did secondary fermentation this time and I didn't last time. I also seem to have MORE sediment this time as well in the bottles, including some bottles with floating junk at the top.
Should I just wait and hope for the best?