Bad carbonation or just impatient

[willbrewry]

Opened a 750ml bottle after 2 weeks to see how the beer was going. And it was flat and had no head. I put 2 coppers carbonation drops in each bottle so would of thought there be some head there.

Is because it needs to sit for longer?

Or bad brewing

 

[Grott]

Two weeks is not enough particularly in this cold weather. What temperature is it where you are storing the bottles? Wrap a couple of bottles up in a blanket or something to warm them and test in a week or two.
Cheers

 

[willbrewry]

There in a cupboard around 15c

 

[manticle]

Longer. Warmer preferable too.

 

[wombil]

Coopers drops would be better than coppers,they just drink the stuff.

 

[mongey]

my back room were I keep my beer is pretty cold so in winter I find its at least 4 weeks till they carb up decently. I worked out th\is winter if I cold crash for a few less days and leave a bit more yeast they carb up a little quicker . In summer I can try one at a week and it will have head

 

[willbrewry]

Two weeks is not enough particularly in this cold weather. What temperature is it where you are storing the bottles? Wrap a couple of bottles up in a blanket or something to warm them and test in a week or two.
Cheers

Cheers for the advice mate, also it didn't taste to great, not infected taste but quite sorta bland sour. Hope that also improves. I can't see where I went wrong

 

[Gigantorus]

Will,
Yeah definitely need to condition in 18C+ to get things moving.
It also doesn't hurt to give the bottles a gentle shake (turn upside down once or twice gently) as this will re-activate everything as well. Sometimes all the sediment becomes too compacted at the bottom of the bottle and doesn't activate with the carbonation properly. So giving the bottle a little flip to mix everything again can be quite helpful to getting a better beer. I only do this at the end of the first week in the bottle then leave for a few days to settle down before popping in fridge to drink. Paul (PB2) from Coopers mentioned this to me a while back.
Cheers,
Pete

 

[willbrewry]

Will,
Yeah definitely need to condition in 18C+ to get things moving.
It also doesn't hurt to give the bottles a gentle shake (turn upside down once or twice gently) as this will re-activate everything as well. Sometimes all the sediment becomes too compacted at the bottom of the bottle and doesn't activate with the carbonation properly. So giving the bottle a little flip to mix everything again can be quite helpful to getting a better beer. I only do this at the end of the first week in the bottle then leave for a few days to settle down before popping in fridge to drink. Paul (PB2) from Coopers mentioned this to me a while back.
Cheers,
Pete

Deffinatly will give that a go bro

 

[stewy]

At 15C you are probably looking at 3 weeks minimum...