2 Weeks, priming still chunky.

djhead said:

Hey guys, here's my first question.

I followed the 1-2-3 schedule for an extract kit of Red Ale a few months back.
It was a Cooper's kit I believe.
Anyway, I didnt deviate from the recipe at all, sanitized well, and all seemed well.
It bubbled through fermentation nicely, I let it sit in the secondary for 2 weeks, (most of the dry yeast sediment stayed in the primary)
Its been three weeks worth of priming in the bottle, I used carb-tabs. There were still chunks of sugar after 3 and 4 weeks. The beer had VERY little carb and NO head when poured. It tasted very bitter, but still had that lovely beer flavor.

Since this is my first post, let me know if you need to know anything else, or what some possibilities where I went wrong are. Thanks in advance!

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djhead said:

Since subscribing to this forum all of about 3 days ago, I've learned a few things. Mostly things I've been doing wrong.

The temperature you ask? About 75 degrees

My theory is that not enough yeast went into the secondary, and thus, the bottles to consume the sugar with. Would that explain it?

I've always had decent results with both extracts and carb tabs. Much so to the point I was confident enough to move to partial mash. Im gonna do it anyway, but it sounds like all my other successes were flukes......

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djhead said:

Since subscribing to this forum all of about 3 days ago, I've learned a few things. Mostly things I've been doing wrong.

The temperature you ask? About 75 degrees

My theory is that not enough yeast went into the secondary, and thus, the bottles to consume the sugar with. Would that explain it?

I've always had decent results with both extracts and carb tabs. Much so to the point I was confident enough to move to partial mash. Im gonna do it anyway, but it sounds like all my other successes were flukes......

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djhead said:

I just nutted up a bit. and tried the beer. (i havent tried it in 3 weeks, its been conditioning for 1.5 months now.)

Still chunky. Though not as bad. I finally got some of that telltale fog when breaking the seal, you know, the vapors.

Taste: Holy crap its........cider-y? Why on earth does it taste cider-y? Like a beer-cider mix!

Still no head, very fruity aroma, and..... get this......

for grins, I took a hydrometer reading.....

Started at 1.080
Now at 1.010

There is also a suspicious man-goo like syrup at the bottom of my bottle.

WTF happened to my beer?

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