first **** up

[big jobb13]

I may have had my first **** up .

Just fermented a youngs harvest lager but i left it in the fv for nearly 3 weeks and bottled just over a week ago .tasted one at the weekend and it's really sweet . :sick:

I noticed when i bottled it that it was a lot clearer than normal is that because it was left in fv for so long ?

 

[robsan77]

really sweet could be that the sugar used to prime the bottles hasnt been used up. Is it also flat? How much did you prime? Did you take a hydrometer reading?

 

[Vossy1]

Did you use/do you have a hydrometer b j

ust fermented a youngs harvest lager but i left it in the fv for nearly 3 weeks

Not necessarily a problem.

I noticed when i bottled it that it was a lot clearer than normal is that because it was left in fv for so long

Most likely, the yeast will have settled out, but there should still have been enough to carbonate your bottles.

 

[Ceejay]

3 weeks in the FV would have allowed the yeast to settle out and cleaned up a bit, so yes - you would expect it to have cleared considerably. Did you use a hydrometer to measure OG and FG?

 

[big jobb13]

hydrometer read 1009 when i bottled .

I'm afraid i didn't measure priming sugar but i think i put to much in if anything .

 

[Vossy1]

No problem with the fg b j :thumb:

I'm afraid i didn't measure priming sugar but i think i put to much in if anything

Did you add it to a secondary or to the bottles ? and how long have they been bottled for?

 

[big jobb13]

I added it to the bottles which i filled about 10 maybe twelve days ago .i know the longer you leave it the better will that help ?

It's so sweet i think it's going down the drain :cry:

 

[robsan77]

what temp has it been at over the last 10 days. Needs to be warm for the yeast to work before moving to cold for conditioning.

 

[robsan77]

dont bin it! you can always re pitch the bottles with a couple of grains of yeast and try that?

 

[Vossy1]

When you say you didn't measure the priming sugar, did you use a teaspoon, tablespoon etc?
Also, 10 - 12 days is really too soon to be judging your beer, and also as per robsan77, what temp has it been stored at?

 

[big jobb13]

It's been in a cupboard in the same room it was fermented at a fairly constant 18 to 20 c .
Poured the sugar from the bag i know not very scientific(won't do that again got lazy) but i thought the more sugar the fizzer the lager

Repitch ? a couple of grains per bottle ? lager yeast ?

might try that

 

[Vossy1]

b j, it's quite important that you have an idea of the amount of sugar you've poured into the bottles. If too much is used there is a possibility your bottles could explode, unless you've used really sturdy bottles designed for conditioned beer.

 

[big jobb13]

yeah i defo wont be doing that again no burst bottles yet . I normally use coopers priming drops going back to them.

I thought i'd taste one just now and this one doesn't taste as sweet going to leave it at least another week .

 

[artyb]

when bottling the lager 1 teaspoon of sugar per pint will be more than enough....

you may have made some bottle bombs... :whistle:

 

[Adiecain]

would like to see video of the bottle bombs