Alouyius Phlegm
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So I borrowed from Dr Smurto's Golden Ale Clone....
Can of Thomas Coopers Sparkling Ale
1kg Dry wheat malt Extract
25g Amarillo 10g at 15, 10g at 5, 5g dry hopped at rack (this is the borrowed bit, less Amarillo)
Yeast Us05
It spent 10 days in Primary; 5 days at secondary and dry hopped.
Brewed 5/4/08 OG 1040
10/4 my son spilled 5 litres on the floor by opening the fermenter tap (larf o how we larfed)
15/4 racked to Secondary and added dry hops
20/4 bottled used Coopers carbonation drops into stubbies
FG was 1010 or so....
Anyway after 10 days (30/4) I opened a stubby and there was no carbonation at all. So, I opened another one - nothing;
Left it alone, chilled one yesterday (18/5 - a month after bottling) and opened it - nothing; no carbonation.
See the thing is it has real promise of tasting great, but needs carbonation. At the moment the lack of carbonation is similar to what happens to softdrink when opened and left in the fridge for a couple of weeks while you're on holiday. Tastes similar to how it should, but not quite there.
So, what could have happened? Was racking a mistake and I've left no yeasties for the bottle conditioning? Will it somehow rescue itself in another couple of months? None of my other brews have been a problem in carbonation stakes.....
Any thoughts are welcome, welcome, welcome.... Thanks in advance
Can of Thomas Coopers Sparkling Ale
1kg Dry wheat malt Extract
25g Amarillo 10g at 15, 10g at 5, 5g dry hopped at rack (this is the borrowed bit, less Amarillo)
Yeast Us05
It spent 10 days in Primary; 5 days at secondary and dry hopped.
Brewed 5/4/08 OG 1040
10/4 my son spilled 5 litres on the floor by opening the fermenter tap (larf o how we larfed)
15/4 racked to Secondary and added dry hops
20/4 bottled used Coopers carbonation drops into stubbies
FG was 1010 or so....
Anyway after 10 days (30/4) I opened a stubby and there was no carbonation at all. So, I opened another one - nothing;
Left it alone, chilled one yesterday (18/5 - a month after bottling) and opened it - nothing; no carbonation.
See the thing is it has real promise of tasting great, but needs carbonation. At the moment the lack of carbonation is similar to what happens to softdrink when opened and left in the fridge for a couple of weeks while you're on holiday. Tastes similar to how it should, but not quite there.
So, what could have happened? Was racking a mistake and I've left no yeasties for the bottle conditioning? Will it somehow rescue itself in another couple of months? None of my other brews have been a problem in carbonation stakes.....
Any thoughts are welcome, welcome, welcome.... Thanks in advance