Hi all,
Hoping you can help again! I moved my beer from the fermenter to the keg last Monday, added sugar and such and then put it away in its cupboard to get bubbling. Today, I drew off a teeny amount from the tap to taste and found it really flat.
I had expected the carbonation to be well under way by this point - is that just naivety on my part, or would you normally expect a reasonable amount of fizz a week in?
The whole process has been a bit quicker than it would be in an ideal world, essentially because it's my first brew and I've been a little over-enthusiastic at each step. However, I don't think I've gone unreasonably quickly - just not been as patient as I would be next time. Is that likely to have had an impact?
I've left the keg in the cupboard this far and was wondering when to look at moving it into the fridge to chill. The point of drawing off a taste was to decide if it was time to move it over. Hopefully I just need to give it a little more time to carbonate and then I can shift it across, but I wanted to check with the experts before I leave myself disappointed!
Hoping you can help again! I moved my beer from the fermenter to the keg last Monday, added sugar and such and then put it away in its cupboard to get bubbling. Today, I drew off a teeny amount from the tap to taste and found it really flat.
I had expected the carbonation to be well under way by this point - is that just naivety on my part, or would you normally expect a reasonable amount of fizz a week in?
The whole process has been a bit quicker than it would be in an ideal world, essentially because it's my first brew and I've been a little over-enthusiastic at each step. However, I don't think I've gone unreasonably quickly - just not been as patient as I would be next time. Is that likely to have had an impact?
I've left the keg in the cupboard this far and was wondering when to look at moving it into the fridge to chill. The point of drawing off a taste was to decide if it was time to move it over. Hopefully I just need to give it a little more time to carbonate and then I can shift it across, but I wanted to check with the experts before I leave myself disappointed!