coopers australian lager sour

[tohip4tv]

Nearly finished primary fermentation about to rack into bottles, has a slight sour taste, any ideas? Infected?

 

[unionrdr]

Sour usually means it is infected.

 

[tohip4tv]

Oh no, seems ok otherwise. Any suggestions?

 

[unionrdr]

A pic would help. But maybe some bret got in there? Some like sours,usually Belgian.

 

[tohip4tv]

Right will send one in the morning, taste isn't too bad mire of an after taste really. Might not bin it as it is such a waste. Pic to follow 2mo

 

[seigex]

sounds tasty to me.. pair with some sourdough or a sweet desert to offset?

 

[tohip4tv]

So its a little less sour so went ahead and bottled in the hopes this will go away with bottle conditioning

 

[tohip4tv]

Thanks guys! Here's hoping

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

that doesnt look infected. Give it some time, its still green beer. i cant remember from reading, but is the coopers lager and actual lager or is it fermented with ale yeast?

 

[tohip4tv]

Cheers man actually tasting okish today. Will update in two weeks if strange taste persists

 

[tohip4tv]

Was impatient and opened a bottle on Wednesday and there was no carbonation despite having put 2 carb drops per 500ml bottle. Please fellow beer gurus shine your wisdom here.

 

[MotorcycleMatt]

Was impatient and opened a bottle on Wednesday and there was no carbonation despite having put 2 carb drops per 500ml bottle. Please fellow beer gurus shine your wisdom here.

You answered your own question. You were impatient. There is no uneversal rule on when your beer will be carved up. A good timeline to go by is 3 weeks on any average gravity ale. 5 days isn't long enough. Leave them be for a couple more weeks

 

[tohip4tv]

Cheer Matt I know too hasty, I guess what I'm looking for is carbonation only and rough timescales on carbonation. I kinda assumed 3 weeks for flavours to marry etc.

 

[tohip4tv]

Ok so update, opened one on Sun, sour taste is almost gone, but not much carbonation though. Any ideas?

 

[unionrdr]

It still needs another two weeks or so before it'll be even close to done carbing & conditioning.

 

[tohip4tv]

That's exactly what my noob ears wanted to hear, will update. Thanks a million

 

[tohip4tv]

Update: Time is the key they are lovely and carbonated now, the odd one comes out flat but most seem carved up thanks guys will be more patient for my bottled cider

 

[unionrdr]

Did you use PET bottles ot glass pop tops? The caps on the PET bottles need to be really tight to seal well.

 

[tohip4tv]

Yeah I used PET bottles, nice cause you can give em a squeeze to tell co2 being produced. I hear what ur saying tintest gap will result in a leak. Thanks again