Bottle Bucket Question

I'm not sure if I did this right. I boiled a pint of water with 3/4 cup of corn sugar and added to the bottom of a bottle bucket. I then racked the beer on top of this. The beer swirled its way up the bucket while it siphoned. I then bottled. I did not stir the beer to avoid any aeration. My question is...should I have stirred the beer to insure the sugar and beer were properly mixed, or do you think I did the right thing?

This is the typical method - you're fine!

Relax and have a ***** Creek?

blacklab said:

This is the typical method - you're fine!

Relax and have a ***** Creek?

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+1. It also does not hurt to gently stir it as well.

I typically give it a quick stir, but I forgot to stir my first batch and it came out fine.

Thanks for your help, :rockin:



***** Creek Amber (Grand Teton Brewery)
Great brew!

You're fine....

I've taken to pouring half of the solution in the bottom and the remaining amount half way up. I had some uneven carbing before and someone here recomended it.

You did it the same way I do every batch. I think you will be fine. Just have another beer and it will work itself out.



SD

Ditto here, exactly like you did - I always put the priming sugar solution into the bottling bucket first, then siphon in the beer without stirring, and I've always had nice uniform carbonation.