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Out of fridge now. Will yeast "wake up"?

Getting them out of fridge now. To shake or not to shake? Caps are not loose just easier to get off than store bought. Had multiple people tell me and read on here to chill for two weeks after bottling. What did I misunderstand? The beer has a really good flavor, just flat, and would love to...

Bottles in fridge. Priming sugar was in the kit. Caps are not screw off but are not as tight as store bought.

Opened my first brew today. Amber ale. Two weeks in fermenter, two weeks in bottle, taste great but flat. Caps were tight (kinda). Confused

Bottled today. Forgot to take FG before I put in priming sugar. Got it in the fridge and crossing fingers.

Thanks for the encouragement. Am working on cooler now. Real handy with copper. And I just forgot to take reading before and just left it alone. Will steal a lil in a few days and have a sip and take reading. Hope y'all are right.

I am new here and new to brewing. I have my first batch in secondary now and can't wait to drink some. It is an amber ale. My ingest concern is that I was unable to cool wort fast enough and may have pitched yeast a little early. It took about 2 hours to get down to 70 degrees and I pitched at...