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Whoops, that was a typo. Stupid phone posts; my original SG was 1.06 and the final was 1.01. So it wound up being around a 7.7%.

.... oh god. I might have forgotten to add the corn sugar to boiling water before putting it in the batch, too? ...this might be about to turn into another "did I screw up" thread. D:

If it helps, the beer is a Kolsch with a starting SG of 1.1 and a final SG of 1.01. I've used screw-top bottles, some of which appeared to seal (no dripping when tipped) and about 1/4 of which did not (they would drip a bit when tipped).

So basically, wait 2 weeks, then add more sugar and then wait another 2-3 after that?

Well, that sounds exactly like what happened with my caps. Damn. Should have known better than to follow that fancy book's directions...

Okay, fantastic. Thanks for all your advice, guys! How many days do you think it should take? And how much priming sugar should I add - should I just put it directly into the bottles, or should I dump them all back into my bucket and restart? Or, if the CO2 escaping might be enough to protect...

Hi everyone, I just bottled my first 5G batch! Things seemed to be going well, but it seems there's a slight leak in some of the bottles - when tipped, a few drops of beer escaped from the tops. We re-capped them, but the leaks persisted - it seems that boiling the caps as suggested in the...

Oh phew. I think I managed to rinse it in that bowl first, but in that post-waking-up-pre-work haze it's a little muddled. Thanks for the quick response!

Hi guys, I'm on my second brew ever - my first was a 1G kit from the Brooklyn Brew Shop, and I'm on my first 5G, book-recipe brew right now. I was using my 5G setup for the first time and threw the Kolsch together before bed. When I got up this morning, I saw that the plug had been thrown...