How I Saved my Homebrew from staying Flat
- Me: The results are finally in on my first homebrew, a Holiday IPA kit from @bklynbrewshop. It's sweet, spicy, and FLAT :(
- theBrewFanatics: You could probably add a little more sugar to your bottles & give the yeast some more time to carbonate. How long since u bottled?
- BklynBrewShop: If it's a bit sweet and flat it needs more time to finish carbonating. Move them out of the fridge for a few days and try another.
- Me: @theBrewFanatics It's been about two weeks since bottling it and moving the beer into the fridge. We used honey as our sugar instead.
- Me: @bklynbrewshop Is that all it takes to restart the yeast? Thank you for the good advice! I'll let you know how it works out.
- theBrewFanatics: Did you refrigerate it immediately after bottling?
- Me: I tried to follow the instructions of my homebrew kit as closely as possible; next step after bottling was to refrigerate.
- theBrewFanatics: The yeast need to work at room temp. The fridge is too cold for them to carbonate. Let the #beer site at room temp for a week. Might even want to roll each bottle a couple times to stir the yeast back up. They should wake up and get to work. Let us know
- Me: Thank you so much for your advice. Your blog has some great tips as well.
- theBrewFanatics: You should join our #homebrew forum "the MASH" and talk about your brews with us http://ow.ly/1KKW9
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- Me: Woot! I just opened my first homebrew, and the swing-top shot open like a loaded gun! Guess those couple extra days fermenting helped out.
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