I've tried searching but haven't found much on topping off in the bottling bucket to reach 5 gallons. From what I did find it sounds like when people top off in the secondary it just dilutes the beer. I'm guessing this would be the same as topping off in bottling bucket?
I have a batch that will probably be just under 4 gallons but used all of the ingredients for a 5 gallon batch so diluting it might actually get it closer to taste? It's a wit. I was planning on just boiling my priming sugar in a gallon of water to use for top off.
I'm guessing if you top off before you pitch the yeast the fermentation happens to the entire batch and you get more flavor rather than just diluting but at this point it's either a really strong flavored wit or it's slightly diluted.
I have a batch that will probably be just under 4 gallons but used all of the ingredients for a 5 gallon batch so diluting it might actually get it closer to taste? It's a wit. I was planning on just boiling my priming sugar in a gallon of water to use for top off.
I'm guessing if you top off before you pitch the yeast the fermentation happens to the entire batch and you get more flavor rather than just diluting but at this point it's either a really strong flavored wit or it's slightly diluted.