MaxPower49
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OK, here is what happened... I’m fairly new at homebrewing. The last two batches I made (all from*alternative beverage) have called for 1 cup of priming sugar right before bottling. Both of those batches came out way overcarbonated (to the point where you can only pour half a bottle of beer in a glass because there is so much head… makes you burp after every drink).
This batch (DFH 90 minute clone) also called for 1 cup of priming sugar, but I decided to only use part of it to prevent over carbonation. I didn’t really measure is, but I think I used about 2/3 of the cup of sugar it came with (I actually bottled this in February… just haven’t had time to fix it yet). When I crack open a bottle, I just get the slightest hiss… no bubbles at all. When racking to the bottling bucket, I was also pretty careful about trying not to suck up much trub.
So I guess the problem could be that I didn’t use enough priming sugar, or that I didn’t get enough yeast into the bottles to carbonate. Any thoughts? What would be the best way to fix it? I was thinking of opening all of the bottles and pouring them back into the bottling bucket. Adding more priming sugar (1 cup this time I guess?) and rebottling. Do I need to add some dry yeast also? Do I need to resanitize the bottles if I’m just going to put the beer right back in?
Need some help here from experienced brewers. Thanks in advance.*
This batch (DFH 90 minute clone) also called for 1 cup of priming sugar, but I decided to only use part of it to prevent over carbonation. I didn’t really measure is, but I think I used about 2/3 of the cup of sugar it came with (I actually bottled this in February… just haven’t had time to fix it yet). When I crack open a bottle, I just get the slightest hiss… no bubbles at all. When racking to the bottling bucket, I was also pretty careful about trying not to suck up much trub.
So I guess the problem could be that I didn’t use enough priming sugar, or that I didn’t get enough yeast into the bottles to carbonate. Any thoughts? What would be the best way to fix it? I was thinking of opening all of the bottles and pouring them back into the bottling bucket. Adding more priming sugar (1 cup this time I guess?) and rebottling. Do I need to add some dry yeast also? Do I need to resanitize the bottles if I’m just going to put the beer right back in?
Need some help here from experienced brewers. Thanks in advance.*