First Batch Bottle Issue - No Carb / Too Sweet

[Ellminio]

Hi All

I have a quick question - I bottled by first batch 2 weeks ago - Each bottle contain roughly 2.2/2.4grams of sugar - I tested one bottle last night - It had no head to it and was flat and sweet. Turned more into a flat cider than a IPA

The colour looks fine at least....

Where could I have gone wrong? - Should I leave it for longer in the bottle or?

Many Thanks
Ell

 

[Camelot Legends]

First off, how did the fermentation go? Did you take hydrometer readings pre and post fermentation?

 

[madscientist451]

Maybe it just hasn't carbed up yet. Two weeks is usually long enough but let it sit a while longer and see what happens, also what is your bottle storage temperature?
IPA's are a little tricky and I would not recommend that style to a beginning brewer.

 

[Ellminio]

The fermenting went fine I think - Original grav was 1.066 - I measure gravity a couple of days before bottling which read 1.010 - Then was the same reading 3days after on bottling day.

To be honest the storage has been a bit cold? - I have now moved them into a warmer room which is roughly 20/22*c

This brew was a brewing kit

 

[schmurf]

Yes you need to let the bottles to sit warm for them to carbonate, 20 degrees Celsius is good.

 

[Ellminio]

That could be the problem then - Ok I will move them and leave them for a couple more weeks in a warmer place

 

[Camelot Legends]

With the yeast having dropped out of suspension, I would shake them up a bit as well.