do homebrews still gain alcohol after bottling?

say my home brew was 5% before bottling.. is it possible for it to gain alcohol in the bottle with age? sorry im a noob!

Priming sugar adds a couple of tenths of a percent to the ABV. Once carbonated, the alcohol content of your beer is fixed.

Yuri_Rage said:

Priming sugar adds a couple of tenths of a percent to the ABV. Once carbonated, the alcohol content of your beer is fixed.

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And this is why you can naturally carbonate a "non-alcoholic" rootbeer because the level of alcohol is largely insignificant.

Ahhhhhh Im surrounded by mods!
Guys look straight ahead and dont make any sudden movements.

..and if I might add...

Even when I bottle form my kegs, I notice that if the beer sits for several months, the carbonation seems to increase slightly while in the bottles. This would indicate a slight continuance of fermentation and nominally higher ABV.

Looks like a Mod Buffalo sammich.

BuffaloSabresBrewer said:

Ahhhhhh Im surrounded by mods!
Guys look straight ahead and dont make any sudden movements.

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If they start chasing you, run in a zig-zag pattern

Walker-san said:

If they start chasing you, run in a zig-zag pattern

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Traitor...........


Giving away a mods secrets............

I'll relpy to be the only other non current/former mod.

Just find the recent thread about bottles exploding to see what happens when a beer isn't finished when you bottle. A little more alcohol, and a LOT more CO2.
http://homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=64232

Brewsmith said:

I'll relpy to be the only other non current/former mod.

Just find the recent thread about bottles exploding to see what happens when a beer isn't finished when you bottle. A little more alcohol, and a LOT more CO2.
http://homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=64232

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Wait does someone have a sammig?

SWMBO! IM HUNGRY!!!

I've got your back.

...except for the sammy


I just ate it.

Sandwiched again.

Brewsmith said:

I've got your back.

...except for the sammy


I just ate it.

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I totally peed on it.

Yuri_Rage said:

Sandwiched again.

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See if I buy that tee shirt now!