NuclearRich

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I definitely stir. Just take it easy. I have had perfect results everytime. If you splash a little, just think of commercial breweries: when they transfer beer, it is hundreds if not thousands of gallons at a time, and the sheer gravity alone makes for a high velocity - theres no way that they keep that stuff under total control, and I don't think they lose money from oxidized beer complaints.

homebrewer_99

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Hi, my name is Bill...and I'm a "stirrer"...

What I also do is fill about 12 bottles then give it another gentle stir or two then repeat the process, another 12, another stir.

The only bottle grenades I ever had were in 1994 with Root Beer.

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Malticulous

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I racked over the primming solution and didn't stir once, never again. It has to be stirred to get consistent carbonation in the bottles.

Marsdude

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Well, today is bottling day. Thanks for all the advice. I think I will give the bucket a slow stir and see what happens.

KevinW

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Well wether you stir or not, I wish you luck Marsdude!

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smizak

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I'll add my 2 cents and tell you to stir, if you have not bottled already.

My second beer ever was a very big(1.072 OG) porter that finished rather thick @ 1.020. I racked on top of the sugar and forgot to gently stir. Result: first 10 beers or so I filled were total gushers, emptying themselves after I opened them. The rest were totally flat. To make it worse, I didn't keep track of which ones I bottled first so I had to open and recap all of them for fear of bottle bombs.

I absolutely remember now to give my bottling bucket a gentle stir, bought a nice one-piece, 21" stainless steel spoon just for that purpose.

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tom777

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I sometimes (if I remember) do lightly stir a bit with the siphon hose after I finish, but that's it. As most folks do, I just siphon on to the priming solution and let it swirl together. After 40+ batches bottled, I've had no issues with inconsistent carbing.

ChshreCat

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I generally don't stir. I just pour in my sugar solution first and let the racking mix it up for me and each bottle always comes out the same for me. Sometimes if I get interrupted and have to stop bottling for 5 or 10 minutes, I'll give it a gentle stir then just to make sure it's still incorporated. Probably being paranoid, but it makes me feel better. If it makes you feel better to stir yours, the go for it. Just do it gently and don't splash it around.

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Marsdude

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UPDATE......

Before I bottled yesterday I did, slowly, stir the wort - world did not end.

Seriously, thanks for all the advice.

Mosebag

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just a sanitation tip for future bottling: assuming you're using an autosiphon, once you've finished using it to rack to the bottling bucket take it apart and stir lightly with the wand end! save a few bits of sanitizer and there's less to clean!