Is my beer ruined??!! Please help!!

[jdev10]

Greetings all,

Up til today, everything was going great with my first batch of homebrew. Until today, however, when I realized that something went completely wrong.

After my beer finished fermenting, I added the priming sugar, bottled my beer as per the instructions, and left in my pantry closet (a dark, warm place usually between 72-78 degrees F). The instructions told me to leave it there for three weeks before chilling to let the beer carbonate. Anyway I went out of town for two days and here's where the problem starts:

When I returned, I immediately went to check on the beer. However to my surprise, IT WASNT IN THE PANTRY!! Long story short, I found out that the cleaning ladies thought they were doing me a favor by taking all the bottles out of the pantry and putting it in the fridge the day I left. I'm furious. It was sitting in the fridge for two days. I took it all out of the fridge and now worried that the fruits of my labor will now be forever flat. I see some foam and carbonation but it was only sitting at room temp for two days.

Is my beer screwed? Can I save it?

Please help!!

 

[PRE66_6TART]

The yeast are just taking a nap, warm it up and they'll wake up and get back to work.

 

[TallDan]

No problem man, don't flip on on the cleaning crew, your beer is just fine. Just give it a little more time to carbonate. The yeast would have went dormant in the fridge, but will resume carbonating when they're back up to temperature.

 

[pelipen]

Odds are warming it back up, and maybe a gentle swirl to get the yeast moving, will see you land just fine.

Lots of people build up starters from bottle dregs.

 

[jdev10]

Perfect, thank you all so much for your advise! Should I let it sit any longer than three weeks because of the fridge incident?

 

[danimal615]

I base this on absolutely nothing, but i think you would be good to drink after 3 weeks unless it is a big beer that would normally require longer time anyway.

 

[PRE66_6TART]

Three weeks is a general rule of thumb but it could take longer (or shorter) even without the fridge incident. However long it ends up taking, I doubt the fridge will have had much impact. I usually just try one every week after I bottle to see how it's coming along.

 

[jdev10]

You all are great, thanks. Saved my day and my brew!
Best of luck to you all.

 

[IPA-Hole]

Awww Man! I thought you were going to say that the cleaning ladies drank it all!!! I was about to get really pissed!!!!

Dude, you are fine - just do what everyone else said.....

And have a homebrew - I am!!!