beansnbrews
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First time post!!
So I just bottled up my first lagered beer ever, an oktoberfest. I primed with my normal amount of sugar and after 2 weeks, the 2 bottles I've opened have a little bit of carbonation, but not much. They were totally flat in just a few minutes. (However even for being flat, they tasted pretty darn good)
Currently they're residing in a coat closet on my first floor around 65-66 degrees and there is also definitely a nice layer of yeast on the bottle bottoms of both that I opened. Should I just sit back, relax and give it another 2 weeks or so?
If these boys never really carbonate and I want to drop in a grain of yeast, can I use any dried yeast I've got lying around from my LHBS? Or should I get something closer to a lager yeast like what I used for the primary?
Thanks for helping this newbie out!
So I just bottled up my first lagered beer ever, an oktoberfest. I primed with my normal amount of sugar and after 2 weeks, the 2 bottles I've opened have a little bit of carbonation, but not much. They were totally flat in just a few minutes. (However even for being flat, they tasted pretty darn good)
Currently they're residing in a coat closet on my first floor around 65-66 degrees and there is also definitely a nice layer of yeast on the bottle bottoms of both that I opened. Should I just sit back, relax and give it another 2 weeks or so?
If these boys never really carbonate and I want to drop in a grain of yeast, can I use any dried yeast I've got lying around from my LHBS? Or should I get something closer to a lager yeast like what I used for the primary?
Thanks for helping this newbie out!