Geordie Lager...bottled but no pressure

[Steiney66]

Hi chaps, 4 days ago I bottled a geordie lager kit which came out at 4.1%. Opened my tester bottle today to sample as it appeared cleared. I know its rather early but im trying to not break into the shed & hit my final case of brewferm abbey for another month or 2- so thought a cheap session lager might fit the bill. Anyway basically there was no pop, although once poured it showed slight fizz. Tasted like s***e(i can sense people thinking no surprise there!), but was wondering will it get more lively if I leave for a month - & improve taste-wise?

For the record I used geordie beer enhancer/white sugar to ferment & also added 90gms acacia honey to see if that might give it something else. I primed in the secondary bucket rather than individual bottles.

Any advice appreciated

Steiney

[JammyBStard]

Still to early to tell, try another bottle in a week!

[EoinMag]

When you say you primed in the bucket, you mean by using it as a bottling bucket? Added sugar solution to that for a better mix? Then bottle conditioned? Some beers will be almost ready to drink in 4 days but they may take up to three weeks to be carbonated fully in the bottle. 4 weeks in the bottle and they should taste alright.

[mickhew]

It also depends on the temperature, the bottles have been kept at, for the 4 days ? Too cold and the yeast won't do it's thing. What temp ?

[Steiney66]

Thanks for prompt advice - I syphoned into a bottling bucket which had priming sugar already in it & bottled immediately once sugar had mixed in. Could be the temp, as I just left it in a cupboard which had temp of 18 deg although I thought that room temp would be enough to let lager yeast do it this time of year.

Anyway thanks again for replies - time will be the healer by the looks of it

Steiney

[sonicated]

I had this problem a couple of months ago and instead of throwing the bottles out I put them in the loft. That was when the heatwave happened and they carbonated - I'm actually drinking one now! It got very hot up there.

I would try keeping a bottle somewhere warm (about 26 - 30C) for a week and see if it carbonates. If so you just need to warm the rest up a bit.

[Steiney66]

Cheers for the advice lads, just opened another bottle & getting there fizz wise & even some flavour..another 2-3 weeks maybe

Steiney