Bad news for those awaiting the ginger beer - I opened one yesterday and it was completely flat. I must have left it for too long in the primary fermenter, so all the yeast settled out. And without yeast in the bottle, there's nothing to munch on the priming sugar (additional sugar you add when you bottle the beer) and produce carbon dioxide (aka 'fizz') as a side product.
Not the end of the world as I can reintroduce more yeast. I've reopened all of the bottles and tipped in some additional dried yeast into each, and this should hopefully be enough to get some fizz going (but hopefully not enough to produce bottle bombs). If not, well as Niel said this morning soda streams are back in fashion this year.
Not the end of the world as I can reintroduce more yeast. I've reopened all of the bottles and tipped in some additional dried yeast into each, and this should hopefully be enough to get some fizz going (but hopefully not enough to produce bottle bombs). If not, well as Niel said this morning soda streams are back in fashion this year.
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