I've brewed this (Coopers) with BE2 and it has been bottled for 2 weeks. We tasted it for the 1st time this weekend but it tastes weak although the level of fizz is about right. Do i need to leave it longer? What the recommended time before drinking? Any help would be appreciated - it is still a bit cloudy. We tried one of the 330ml and 500ml. The 330ml are completely clear but still weak and flat, the 500ml cloudy but fizzy...any ideas????
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I ended up with a high FG it stopped at 1016 after about 6 days and despite a stir it was still 1016 after 12 days so I bottled it anyway. According to the kit it should have an ending FG of 1006..!! I think maybe the yeast packet was duff, it also seemed to contain less yeast than the other two kits I've tried. (think it was 7g packet if i recall correctly)
I gave it just over a week in the warm for secondary ferment and about three weeks in the cold. So far the two bottles i tried were both flat and the beer was thin tasting. Despite being mostly an ale drinker i do occasionally enjoy a corona or sol so its not that cervezas are not to my taste. I primed with the half teaspoon to the 500ml bottle as recommended by HBO on the phone.
Ive brought a couple bottles back into the warm for another week and then I'm going to put it in the fridge for a week to see if that makes any difference.
Also with a yeast like this one you can brew in much cooler conditions, which lager traditional is, so all helps get a proper lager taste.