no fizz

[motomaniac]

ok, my coopers lager has been conditioned for about a month.... in the fridge for a week or so, popped one open last night and pfftt... nothing, poured it and a bit of a head appeared, all fizzled away and the pint was flat... question.... can i pop them all and add some more sugar to them, leaving them to condition again, or not?... ta

 

[alanywiseman.]

How much sugar did you use? What temp did you condition at?

 

[kev]

How much sugar did you use? What temp did you condition at?

+1

Did you leave them somewhere warm after adding sugar?

K

 

[Rwilts]

I bottled my lager recently when it failed to carbonTe in the economy meh. Added more sugar and after two weeks in warm it's now fizzy.

 

[motomaniac]

Added about 90g, into barrel when racked it..... Then been under stairs, at @ 20c , for around a month...... After doing thought it may be a bit too little

 

[motomaniac]

bump....help..lol..

 

[EskiBrew]

Just to get this right...
You added sugar to the keg then bottled from that?

Did you ensure that sugar was dissolved before bottling?

I don't brew lager myself but as someone else has aluded to, you may have had the bottled too cold for any condition to develop :wha:

 

[motomaniac]

sorry i meant secondary fv.... yes thats what i did... ( typed that when on nights, was tired..lol)... i melted the sugar on the hob with a little water, into fv, then racked the brew into it, thus ensuring it was mixed well.... think i just didnt put enough sugar in... as after i sa w someone had put double that.....

 

[tig_mig]

Having the same problem, though i used 1 carb drop per 500ml bottle, one week in a warm place then into the garage for a week and they are as flat as, any advice greatly recived

 

[EskiBrew]

I hate bottling personally therefore almost never do it - I've never used these carb drops - can someone who uses them comment on what they are exactly - is it just a sugar solution or is there more to it than that :wha:

 

[Davybarman]

Have 2 bags of these drops but prefer brewing sugar.

According to the pack they are just sugar and glucose. From what I read 1 drop for 330 bt and 2 for 500 bt.

 

[PD]

Carbonation drops are just a convenient measure of sugar. One drop is approx half teaspoon of sugar approximately. I've found I needed one drop per 500ml bottle for successful carbonation of an ale or beer. 2 drops for a lager. They are not a cheap way of adding primary sugars but are convenient especially for beginners. I don't use them any more preferring to use a set of cooks measuring spoons and a little funnel, adding half a teaspoon or whatever of plain old household sugar per bottle. I still don't batch prime, preferring to bottle prime. It helps that all my bottles ( or most ) are 500ml pet amber bottles) Occasionally I have to use 1 litre brown glass bottles and these get an extra quarter of spoon of sugar for ales. I find surprisingly if I give the 1 litre bottles a full tsp the ale gets over carbonated and gives me wind !

 

[EskiBrew]

Thanks for confirming they are just sugar solution guys :thumb:

I wonder whether anyone uses a pippette with their own sugar solution then :hmm: