conditioning bottled beer in the cold -carbonation problems

[smudgerinho]

guys, can you give me advice here

i started brewing 8 months or so ago, and initially never had problems with flat beer/ head retention

but since christmas , every batch i brew doesn't seem to carbonate very well

when i prime and bottle my beer, i leave it at room temperature for a week , then i put it in my shed

i think the cold weather has effected the conditioning, but is there anything i can do to salvage my beer or has the yeast died off?

cheers

Smudge

 

[chrig]

Stick it back in the warm for a couple of weeks, the yeast will soon wake up.

 

[smudgerinho]

thanks for the quick reply chrig

great stuff ,i'll do that :thumb:

 

[PD]

yes this cold spell is causing me problems too, bring the beer back into the warmth...and make a decision to make yourself a warm cabinet for your bottles in future

 

[smudgerinho]

yes this cold spell is causing me problems too, bring the beer back into the warmth...and make a decision to make yourself a warm cabinet for your bottles in future

cheers

:thumb:

 

[winelight]

What is a warm cabinet? Just a cabinet with some low-power source of heat in it? Do you need to insulate it?