Hi all,
This is my first home brew and first post, so I apologise for any if I have made a range of rather silly newbie mistakes.
I was given a home brew set including a Coopers Mexican Cerveza kit.
I have followed all the instructions- no messing around this time. SG was 1045 and FG 1015 after 7 days in the FV. The gift came with Coopers brew enhancer 2. Fermented at 20-23 'C
At this point I had a quick sip and it generally light like Sol but an ok first attempt.
I bottled at this point as I do not have a pressure barrel using 1 coopers carbonation drop in each 500ml bottle.
After an interesting week I have tried one of the bottles. To my displeasure they are quite flat and have an awful sweet taste to them which was not there before, But they are very clear.
Simple question.
Why?
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I also ended up with a high FG it stopped at 1016 after about 6 days and despite a stir it was still 1116 after 12 days so I bottled it anyway. According to the kit it should have an ending FG of 1006..!!
Anyway going to leave it 7 days in the warm for secondary fermentation. Then in the cool for at least a couple of weeks. I'm going for a long secondary ferment though due to my first kit results (different brew though) being flat and various things I've read saying that kit instructions are usually way to short.
Was about to post all about the first kit results but got side tracked by this post. ;-)