My wife and I have brewed a witbier (Hitachino Nest White clone) and bottled it 15 days ago. Today we put one in the fridge and tried it to see how things were going.
When we cracked it open, there was absolutely no sound. The beer, the color of a blonde ale, clear and everything, had not a trace of carbonation in it. The taste could only be described as white wine with a bit of sourness ; overall, it was undrinkable.
So is there anything we can do? Or is it officially our future first dumped beer ever?
Some more details :
- there seems to be a yeast cake at the bottom of each bottle (dead yeast?)
- the wine-y taste was present at bottling. In fact, it looked and tasted pretty much the same as on bottling day
- fermentation was normal, if slow to start (lasted visibly from day 3 to 10, healthy krausen and all). Nothing looked like an infection at any stage
When we cracked it open, there was absolutely no sound. The beer, the color of a blonde ale, clear and everything, had not a trace of carbonation in it. The taste could only be described as white wine with a bit of sourness ; overall, it was undrinkable.
So is there anything we can do? Or is it officially our future first dumped beer ever?
Some more details :
- there seems to be a yeast cake at the bottom of each bottle (dead yeast?)
- the wine-y taste was present at bottling. In fact, it looked and tasted pretty much the same as on bottling day
- fermentation was normal, if slow to start (lasted visibly from day 3 to 10, healthy krausen and all). Nothing looked like an infection at any stage