A bit more than 3 weeks ago I put on my first brew, a coopers larger kit + kilo of brewing sugar (underlid yeast). It spent a week in the fermenter between 23 deg. C and 27 deg. C, specific gravity dropped from 1042 to 1010. SG was steady over 2 days at 1010 so I bottled it in 740ml PET bottles, At this stage it smelt and tasted like I would expect, warm, flat beer.
In each bottle I put the prescribed 2 carbonation drops. The yeast appears to have mainly settled as a solid at the bottem. After 2 weeks to the day in the bottles I cracked one open and found it to smell and taste sickly sweet. The bottles are very firm to the touch and there was a release of pressure when I opened the bottle, so some secondary fermentation at least has occurred.
Should I simply leave them longer in the bottles, or invert them some to mix the yeast up again? I know that ideally I should leave it longer than two weeks in the bottles, but as per the kit instructions I thought I would have something at least drinkable by now.
Cheers for any advice you can offer.
In each bottle I put the prescribed 2 carbonation drops. The yeast appears to have mainly settled as a solid at the bottem. After 2 weeks to the day in the bottles I cracked one open and found it to smell and taste sickly sweet. The bottles are very firm to the touch and there was a release of pressure when I opened the bottle, so some secondary fermentation at least has occurred.
Should I simply leave them longer in the bottles, or invert them some to mix the yeast up again? I know that ideally I should leave it longer than two weeks in the bottles, but as per the kit instructions I thought I would have something at least drinkable by now.
Cheers for any advice you can offer.