Under carbonated lager

[mdavies1011]

Hi All,

I'm on about my 4th brew kit now, a Gordi Larger kit. Its about a month or so since fermentation was complete, primed and bottled into 33cl bottles (only ones i had spare), left in a cupboard in the kitchen for a week and then been down in the cellar ever since.

I cracked a couple open last night to try, there is a fine coating of sediment at the bottom of the bottle, but the beers is as flat as they come, its like it has been open for a few hours.

Now I put the blame on myself, must have got my calculations wrong while working out sugar needed in each bottle. My question is, is there anything i can do to add more fizz? Would it be possible to open them all up, add a little extra sugar and start the process again or is it too late for that? I don't have any cornies so force carbonating is not an option.

Thanks

 

[SweetMoFo]

Hi All,

I'm on about my 4th brew kit now, a Gordi Larger kit. Its about a month or so since fermentation was complete, primed and bottled into 33cl bottles (only ones i had spare), left in a cupboard in the kitchen for a week and then been down in the cellar ever since.

I cracked a couple open last night to try, there is a fine coating of sediment at the bottom of the bottle, but the beers is as flat as they come, its like it has been open for a few hours.

Now I put the blame on myself, must have got my calculations wrong while working out sugar needed in each bottle. My question is, is there anything i can do to add more fizz? Would it be possible to open them all up, add a little extra sugar and start the process again or is it too late for that? I don't have any cornies so force carbonating is not an option.

Thanks

I had the same problem a couple of months ago with a coopers lager and I did a lot of searching the web and some people said to add more priming sugar and re cap. I did this with reasonable results and the lager was all drinkable, some more carbonated than others but it worked.

I used screw cap bottles for this one and was glad of it because as soon as you put the extra sugar in the beer it starts to foam up like a volcano and if I had to crown cap them it would of been messy to say the least.

Good luck.

 

[the-erl]

Are you sure you got a good seal on your bottles, I have a load of Grolsch bottles and have had to replace some of the rubber seals in the past because they were old and not sealing properly.

I think you can also carefully pour all the lager back into a bottleing container/FV, batch prime it and then re-bottle. I don't batchprime, but I'm sure there'll be a how to on this site.

Erl :drink:

 

[mdavies1011]

All the bottles are crown capped.

What I will do later then is pop them open and added a little more sugar. Does a quarter of a teaspoon sound about right if they are 33cl bottles and the beer is already half carbonated?

 

[Bungz]

I've found trying to add more sugar to a flat brew makes a right mess. Geordie larger isn't a great kit IMO as mine too came out a bit flat. My advice is leave it alone and it might carb up with time.