Hi Folks,
Last night I opened a beer that I bottled about three weeks ago. It was as flat as a lizard drinking (and very sweet)... I reckon what has happen is that it's getting cold this side of the planet, I have an immersion heater in my fermenter but there is no heater in the shed. So I a guessing it was too cold for the yeast to do it's thing and carbonate the beer.
Am I correct in thinking that it will carbonate if I move it to somewhere warm ?
I don't really have anywhere in the house to store the beer on a regular basis, so I am trying to figure out a way of keeping it warm in the shed. What do you guys do in this situation ?
I was thinking I could pick up a cheap electric blanket and hang it on the inside of an old wardrobe and store the beer in there for a couple of weeks to carbonate, but that's about as much inspiration as I could come up with...
TIA,
JC
Last night I opened a beer that I bottled about three weeks ago. It was as flat as a lizard drinking (and very sweet)... I reckon what has happen is that it's getting cold this side of the planet, I have an immersion heater in my fermenter but there is no heater in the shed. So I a guessing it was too cold for the yeast to do it's thing and carbonate the beer.
Am I correct in thinking that it will carbonate if I move it to somewhere warm ?
I don't really have anywhere in the house to store the beer on a regular basis, so I am trying to figure out a way of keeping it warm in the shed. What do you guys do in this situation ?
I was thinking I could pick up a cheap electric blanket and hang it on the inside of an old wardrobe and store the beer in there for a couple of weeks to carbonate, but that's about as much inspiration as I could come up with...
TIA,
JC