First Home Brew Taste Whooo

[maxy007]

Hi all,
I tasted my first ever home brew after just over 3 weeks in the bottle.
and it's flat
it makes a hiss when i open the bottle and there's a head for about 30 seconds then nothing.
It looks like beer and tastes like beer but it's flat.
I used a can of 1.7Kg coopers mexican creveza
brew enhancer #2 and
kit yeast.
I used 2 coopers carb drops per 750ml bottle.
I fermented at 18-20 degrees and it's been in the bottle for just over 3 weeks.
It's now in the fridge.
is there anything i can do to get some bubbles happening?

 

[Linz]

Leave them to condition a bit longer to get the carbonation levels up more..that fixes the flatness

As for head retention...thats up to the manufacturer and your clean drinking glasses

 

[Batz]

Take them out of the fridge,they won't carbonate up in there.

Sometimes a good shake of each bottle will help wake up the yeast,of course you have to wait a couple of weeks more for everything to settle out.

Batz

 

[maxy007]

Thanks for that. I'll just wait... again

 

[Yeasty]

yer i did my diacetyl rest with my mexican for 2 days, then bottled straight away. Left em out the fridge for a few days to speed the carbination process, then slapped em in the fridge as low as it can go for the last 2 weeks.

1 week after bottling (left out the fridge) was more than enough to let them carbonate properly. Now its just developing the flavour more in the fridge i can drink em anytime...

Was crystal clear too after 1 week in the bottle...I really dont think the racking to secondary would be a necessary step with this brew..unless i wanted to dry hop, or add fruit...

 

[maxy007]

1 week after bottling (left out the fridge) was more than enough to let them carbonate properly. Now its just developing the flavour more in the fridge i can drink em anytime...

Was crystal clear too after 1 week in the bottle...I really dont think the racking to secondary would be a necessary step with this brew..unless i wanted to dry hop, or add fruit...

Mine have been in the bottle (out of the fridge) for 3 weeks. I only put them in the fridge last night and after reading your posts, took them out this morning. I lightly shook them all and will wait 2 more weeks to see if there is any improvement in the bubble situation.
They are not too bad considering

 

[Brownie]

Maxy,

There was a pssst, which means it is carbonating, they just need a touch longer.

Brownie