First time posting and I have a question about priming/bottling. I'm priming using sugar and planning on bottling, but i already primed the beer without any bottles . Homebrew store is closed already, but i will get some bottles tomorrow. My question is 1st whether my beer is ruined and 2nd, when i do bottle tomorrow do i need to prime again or will the carbonation still be sufficient? Thanks in advance for your help/advice.
That is difficult because the closed vessel of the bottle is what promotes carbonation. I think you'd need more priming sugar unless you maybe really cooled down your beer into the 30s. That might keep the yeast dormant until you're ready to bottle. I do have to ask why on earth you'd prime w out bottles??
If you can, refrigerate the wort until you can bottle. If not, you will have to wait a little while until the yeast can eat all the priming sugar. Not doing so, an adding more sugar, is a recipe for bottle bombs.
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Let it ferment out for a couple days then re-prime and bottle.
I agree. Take it out of the fridge, cover it, put an airlock on it and wait about 4-7 days. Then, reprime and bottle.
There is no way to know how much priming sugar is left at this point, or when you do go to bottle. It's not dependable at all. I'd just let the priming sugar ferment out at room temperature, and then reprime and bottle.
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Primed but can't bottle
. Homebrew store is closed already, but i will get some bottles tomorrow. My question is 1st whether my beer is ruined and 2nd, when i do bottle tomorrow do i need to prime again or will the carbonation still be sufficient? Thanks in advance for your help/advice.
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