Evanw
New Member
Hello everyone, my very first post on this forum.... So forgive me if I'm posting in the wrong spot, etc.
Anyway, I recently made my very first home brewed beer. I have been making wine for a while, but had not ventured into the beer arena until now. I purchased (locally) a coopers Mexican cerveza kit as well as carbonation drops. The local supplier did not have the brew enhancer in stock and suggested that, in it's place, I could simply use 1kg of regular sugar. I did so and the brewing seemed to work fine. I racked-off once the primary fermentation was done and, and allowed an extra week or so for secondary fermentation.
When it came time to bottle the brew, I took some advice from our local bottle recycler, and used grolsch bottles.... this is where the problems started. Because the grolsch bottles are 450 mls, and because I was using coopers carbonation drops, I'm concerned that I will not have enough carbonation in the beer. Just yesterday, about 1 week after bottling, I tried a chilled bottle and found it was almost flat.
Do I just need to give it more time in the bottle to achieve correct carbonation levels? Can I add a little more sugar to each bottle to increase the carbonation level? Other potential solutions.....or am I SOL?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
Evan
Anyway, I recently made my very first home brewed beer. I have been making wine for a while, but had not ventured into the beer arena until now. I purchased (locally) a coopers Mexican cerveza kit as well as carbonation drops. The local supplier did not have the brew enhancer in stock and suggested that, in it's place, I could simply use 1kg of regular sugar. I did so and the brewing seemed to work fine. I racked-off once the primary fermentation was done and, and allowed an extra week or so for secondary fermentation.
When it came time to bottle the brew, I took some advice from our local bottle recycler, and used grolsch bottles.... this is where the problems started. Because the grolsch bottles are 450 mls, and because I was using coopers carbonation drops, I'm concerned that I will not have enough carbonation in the beer. Just yesterday, about 1 week after bottling, I tried a chilled bottle and found it was almost flat.
Do I just need to give it more time in the bottle to achieve correct carbonation levels? Can I add a little more sugar to each bottle to increase the carbonation level? Other potential solutions.....or am I SOL?
Thanks for any advice or suggestions.
Evan