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I just wanted to update the thread. The bottles carbed up fine and there's no bottle bombs. The trippel is too sweet. I'm letting it age a little while I decide what to do with it. I might just give it a few months to age out and see how things work. Worst case scenario it's just a...

Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I know that the danger of bottle bombs is serious and I have moved the bottles to a location where they will not cause a mess or be dangerous if they do explode. It seems there are two options: 1. Safest- Pour all the beer back into a fermenter or a...

It seems that the bottles are not very carbonated (it has only been two days). I vented another one and even though it gushes, there's not much of a hiss. I chalked the increased hydrometer reading up to the addition of priming sugar, but it makes sense that the carbonation bubbles would also...

I brewed a Trippel: SG 1.090 FG 1.020 My SG was about 1.095, but my finishing gravity was about 1.040. Being an idiot, I bottled at ten days like the recipe said instead of seeing if the gravity was stable. I used 5 oz of priming sugar. After two days, I opened a warm bottle. It had a...

Thanks. Judging by that picture, the sugar that I bought at the Asian market was correct. Good to know that there is a place which has all the ingredients for Sam's recipes in one place though. I'm hoping to start this one this weekend after the Michigan Brew Festival. I'll be testing out my...

I am brewing a trippel recipe by Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head. The recipe is in BYO September 2006 and is called Round the World Trippel. It calls for Chinese Rock Sugar. I have bought something at the local supermarket called Chinese rock candy, but I am not sure if it is the correct...