Flat Lager

[brysie]

would be nice to have some good head

go to your bed. durty boy, durty.

[randomdave]

Hehe. on a CLEAN note, I didnt have much in the way of Co2 induced froth at the top of my pint until id left it to condtion for a couple of weeks.

It can relate to too much water in your kit as well. maybe make your next kit to a little less water content an you will get your. er.. froth ^^

[arturobandini]

Unless your pressurised keg is a stainless steel Corni keg or similar then you're unlikely to get the high pressure Lager you're after. Those plastic pressure barrels aren't capable of withstanding higher pressures and will just vent off any unwanted c02 build up should it occur. That said your beer shouldn't be flat providing you've carbonated it properly.

I had a kit of this when lying around back in November so I made it up and i thought I went over the top with carbonation sugars but it turned out to be fine. I bottled mine as sturdy glass bottles will take the amount of carbonation a lager would require (to most tastes) whereas a plastic barrel can't. When you racked off the lager into your pressure barrel did you add sugar for carbonation and leave in the warm for at least a week before moving to the cold ? If not then your yeast wouldn't have been able to make the Co2 if it was too cold.

The Youngs instructions I found to be a bit hit and miss but they're basically on the money. When the fermentation stops, rack into your bottles/barrels, add sugar for carbonation (depending on taste), leave to carbonate in a warm place for at least a week, settle into the cold for conditioning.

If all of this stuff took place then there may be a leak on your barrel. You won't get heavily carbonated Lager from those barrels but you should get something at least lightly carbonated.