geordie lager !!!!

[green king]

i have just done 40 pints of geordie lager
i sterilized every tool i ave got and rinsed with great care but the result is shit tastin lager flat as a witches tit !!
previously i did coopers australian lager which was sound.
how do ya get a good head on lager or is it the brand ?

please help (in desperate need of a good drink )

many thanks andy

[brysie]

hi andy

did you bottle or keg? what did you prime with and how much ? how warm was it for secondary ferment? how long has it been conditioning?

[green king]

i have bottled my brew and put the amount of sugar stated 1/2 level tea spoon per pint and left at room temp for about a week, i must admit it does say store in a cool place for a further 10 days but this was not the case for coopers i have used normal cane sugar as well could this be the problem ?

[brysie]

well personally i would have used more sugar myself but thats just because i like my lager fizzy.
i doubt your sugar choice would have caused a problem. it sounds like you did everything right, i wonder if your bottles didnt
seal properly. are they all flat? and did you use glass or placcy?

[Norik]

1/2 a tea spoon per pint bottle is about what I do. Did you use any finings, and when you say you bottled the beer, was it in glass bottles with crown tops or plastic PET bottles?

[OldSpeckledBadger]

You really should leave the beer somewhere cool for a few weeks as this allows the priming sugar-generated CO2 to dissolve in the beer. It's the dissolved CO2 which gives the beer its fizz.

[green king]

sorry for the delay

i bottled useing 2 litre plastic bottles but all seem to be flat never mind tho trial and error and all drinkable

i have now done another brew of geordie lager useing brewing sugar and lager yeast also bottled useing 2 litre plastic bottles and moved them to a cooler place in the house.

i am new to this homebrew game but my dad used to do it years ago he told me to put sugar in the bottles after filling them and leave them them to cool for 10 days so hopefully with help from yourselves and family i should get the perfect pint ......
only wish carling did a kit !!!

cheers andy

[green king]

YESSSS !!!!! i got a great pint eventually thanks for all your help long may this continue

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Good to hear that you've been successful