Lager not carbonated

[HomeBrewAndy]

Please could someone help me, I have a problem with my lager.

I am new to homebrewing and this is only my 3rd attempt, I brewed a kit lager and it has failed to carbonate correctly.

it was left fermenting for just over 2 weeks (as adviced by someone instead of a week)

I bottled it with 1/2 a tea spoon of sugar and it has been in the bottles for 7 weeks

when i pour it there is some fizz but it quickly rises and the lager tastes very flat.

is there anything i can do to carbonate the lager or is it a lost batch? have I done anything wrong?

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

[sonicated]

Coopers recommend you carbonate lager with 160 grams of sugar, half a teaspoon per pint is about 85 grams. I suspect there was just too little sugar. You could try opening a bottle up, adding some more sugar and then sealing it again to see if it recarbonates but that could be a lot of work for the whole batch.

Also did you leave them in the warm for a week after bottling for the yeast to complete carbonation?

[HomeBrewAndy]

Thanks for the advice.

I did leave the bottles in a warm place for a week before moving them into the shed also it says to put half a tea spoon of suger in on the back of the kit.

i was wondering if the yeast had died due to fermenting too long, is this likley to be the case or do you think it is just a suger problem?

[sidneybigbrew]

i leave my ale for ten days and my largers for 14 days always use 1 t spoon and all my beer seems to be very fizzy