smata67
Well-Known Member
5 batches done so far, and 4 of them, I ended up with 42 bottles. Is this consistent with what others are getting?
......The marking on your bucket may not be very accurate.
i used to get about 45ish bottles a batch...then i took a gallon measuring container, poured it in my buckets, looked at where the water line was vs. the "1 gallon" marker on my buckets...found out "1 gallon" mark was about a .25 inches low...took a sharpie, made a mark. repeated this (making a new mark each gallon) till i got to the 5 gallons of water in my bucket, and now i get right around 50 bottles a batch. maybe your bucket is off like mine was.
I've been dropping the full 5oz of priming sugar even when bottling 4-4.25 gallons and haven't had any problems yet. I do chill to 40 F before drinking, though.
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