I brewed my first all grain batch around a month ago, after previously brewing quite a few successful extract beers. This was the beer I brewed: https://www.brewuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=130597&sid=4edfb5c51ffc05c7dbd3d55660e37b76#p130597
The brew day itself went OK. I accidentally over-sparged, but not too badly. The OG was a bit weaker than I was expecting because of this.
Fermentation again, went fine. It was fermented out in around a week and a half, but I went on holiday, so it was left in the fermenter for 3 weeks in total. The FG was around 1.008, so definitely completed. Came out at a respectable 7.5%.
I went to bottle, and for the first time used carbonation drops (http://www.brewstore.co.uk/carbonation-drops-muntons)
I added one to each 500ml bottle, and filled them up as usual. I then left the beer in my garage for 2 weeks. I'm aware that this is probably more sugar than required, so risking over carbonation.
My problem is, after 2 weeks my beer is completely flat and a bit sweet tasting. Pretty gross. Its like there has been no carbonation in the bottle at all.
My suspicion is that because it has been abnormally hot in the UK recently (highs of 34-36C) and my garage has probably been a lot hotter, I've managed to kill the yeast.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Does my theory sounds plausible? Can I repitch yeast into my bottles easily?
I'm pretty annoyed as I have a temp controlled fridge that I could have left the bottles sitting in for the past couple of weeks, but for some stupid reason I didn't do that!
The brew day itself went OK. I accidentally over-sparged, but not too badly. The OG was a bit weaker than I was expecting because of this.
Fermentation again, went fine. It was fermented out in around a week and a half, but I went on holiday, so it was left in the fermenter for 3 weeks in total. The FG was around 1.008, so definitely completed. Came out at a respectable 7.5%.
I went to bottle, and for the first time used carbonation drops (http://www.brewstore.co.uk/carbonation-drops-muntons)
I added one to each 500ml bottle, and filled them up as usual. I then left the beer in my garage for 2 weeks. I'm aware that this is probably more sugar than required, so risking over carbonation.
My problem is, after 2 weeks my beer is completely flat and a bit sweet tasting. Pretty gross. Its like there has been no carbonation in the bottle at all.
My suspicion is that because it has been abnormally hot in the UK recently (highs of 34-36C) and my garage has probably been a lot hotter, I've managed to kill the yeast.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? Does my theory sounds plausible? Can I repitch yeast into my bottles easily?
I'm pretty annoyed as I have a temp controlled fridge that I could have left the bottles sitting in for the past couple of weeks, but for some stupid reason I didn't do that!
