Mencken
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Hey all, first time brewer here. I bottled a week ago Monday, so a mere 10 days or so ago. I do know the standard is 2 weeks to bottle condition, but I just had to crack one tonight. Beer has decent taste, a little thin for my tastes, but hey, first try so I'll take it.
My concern is over how flat it is. I do recognize that it's not 2 weeks just yet, but there was practically no carbonation at all. Will it magically carbonate more, or should I anticipate a fairly flat batch of beer? Would it be that I didn't add enough sugar?
The way I transferred was I boiled the water with the sugar in it, let it cool, then put it in the bottom of the bottling bucket. I then siphoned from the fermenting bucket into the bottling bucket, making sure to keep the hose underneath the liquid in the bottling bucket so as to limit oxygenation. Then I just bottled away. I didn't stir or anything. Is that a problem?
For what it's worth, it's a red ale, (specifically a malt extract kit from homebrewery.com). Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
My concern is over how flat it is. I do recognize that it's not 2 weeks just yet, but there was practically no carbonation at all. Will it magically carbonate more, or should I anticipate a fairly flat batch of beer? Would it be that I didn't add enough sugar?
The way I transferred was I boiled the water with the sugar in it, let it cool, then put it in the bottom of the bottling bucket. I then siphoned from the fermenting bucket into the bottling bucket, making sure to keep the hose underneath the liquid in the bottling bucket so as to limit oxygenation. Then I just bottled away. I didn't stir or anything. Is that a problem?
For what it's worth, it's a red ale, (specifically a malt extract kit from homebrewery.com). Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.