Hey guys, quick question for you. I recently bottled my first attempt at a steam beer this past saturday. Everything went fine in the fermentation, but I opened a bottle today just to check on the carbonation, and it's still completely flat. The bottle I opened I had been keeping in the fridge, which I assumed was alright since I believe I'm technically using a lager strain of yeast (Wyeast's steam beer strain, don't know the number). Should I move the bottles to a warmer temperature to carbonate, or is it too early to even be worried about it?
Just some extra info in case it's relevant: It was fermented at around 50 degrees (I chose to do a steam beer since this was coincidentally the temperature that my basement has stayed at). I'm not sure how cold the fridge is, but I would say lower than 40. Also, there is no sediment in the bottom of the bottles, since between racking to the secondary and then to the bottling bucket, I transferred almost none of the sediment. It was my first "lager," so I wasn't even thinking about it. Since that is bottom fermenting yeast, is there a chance that not enough yeast made it into the bottles? Thanks in advance for the help!
Just some extra info in case it's relevant: It was fermented at around 50 degrees (I chose to do a steam beer since this was coincidentally the temperature that my basement has stayed at). I'm not sure how cold the fridge is, but I would say lower than 40. Also, there is no sediment in the bottom of the bottles, since between racking to the secondary and then to the bottling bucket, I transferred almost none of the sediment. It was my first "lager," so I wasn't even thinking about it. Since that is bottom fermenting yeast, is there a chance that not enough yeast made it into the bottles? Thanks in advance for the help!
