voberoi
Member
Hey there!
I bottled my 2nd batch of beer (the Belgian Dubbel recipe from Papazian) the other day and I have a couple of newbie questions about it:
1) I forgot to top off my fermenter with water so that it would contain 5 gallons of wort/water. Instead, it ended up containing about 4.5 gallons of beer, so I adjusted the 3/4 cup of priming sugar accordingly and added a little more than 2/3. Was that a good idea? I'm hoping the beer doesn't end up undercarbonated (my last batch was... for other reasons).
2) I don't know if larger bottles call for more/less space at the top. I ended up leaving 1-1 1/2 inches of space for my 12 oz as well as 22 oz bottles. Anything out-of-the-ordinary I should expect?
Cheers,
Vikram
I bottled my 2nd batch of beer (the Belgian Dubbel recipe from Papazian) the other day and I have a couple of newbie questions about it:
1) I forgot to top off my fermenter with water so that it would contain 5 gallons of wort/water. Instead, it ended up containing about 4.5 gallons of beer, so I adjusted the 3/4 cup of priming sugar accordingly and added a little more than 2/3. Was that a good idea? I'm hoping the beer doesn't end up undercarbonated (my last batch was... for other reasons).
2) I don't know if larger bottles call for more/less space at the top. I ended up leaving 1-1 1/2 inches of space for my 12 oz as well as 22 oz bottles. Anything out-of-the-ordinary I should expect?
Cheers,
Vikram