What do you do with the extra half bottle?

WHen you are bottling if you can't fill up the final bottle all the way, what do you do with it? Do you just drink it flat, or cap the bottle and see if it carbonates?

I just drink it.

I keg, but anything under a pint is consumed. More than that, I'll put it in a 1 or 2L bottle.

I usually chill it and then drink it.

I bottle it in a plastic water bottle to monitor carbonation.

You should splash it on your face in celebration!

richvlloyd said:

You should splash it on your face in celebration!

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Yeah, the chicks dig it.

If it's less than half a bottle, I drink it. If it's more like 3/4 bottle, I'll just go ahead and bottle/cap it and let it carb with the rest, then use that as a taster.

Note that with a different amount of headspace, that bottle won't carb quite the same way as the rest.

I drink it, for educational purposes!

I brew bitter (Low carbed anyway). I usually get through about two pints at bottling time. Carbonation is for fluffy cats!

Laughing_Gnome_Invisible said:

I brew bitter (Low carbed anyway). I usually get through about two pints at bottling time. Carbonation is for fluffy cats!

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...fluffy cats, good one!

Revvy said:

I just drink it.

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+1

I drop it into my test tube, take a picture with the bottles for posterity. Like so:



Then I pour it into a clear glass for intense scrutiny, then I drink it.

I have an 8oz glass bottle that I can cap with my capper. Otherwise, I drink dat sheit

Give it to the dogs.

I always drink it
If I have friends over, we celebrate by drinking it together.

Grimster said:

http://www.grimster.org/albums/homebrew/DSCF7163.sized.jpg

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Those are great labels; have you posted them someone I can get a better look at 'em?

If it's at least a half bottle, I just bottle it. Then I drink it after one week. With more headspace, it's more carbed. I always find it's pretty carbonated at one week, already. I don't just drink it without bottling because I don't like the priming sugar in the beer.

Buffman said:

I bottle it in a plastic water bottle to monitor carbonation.

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I do the same thing and squeeze out any extra air. As it carbs up, the bottle will start to retain it's original shape. Kinda cool to watch.

collect final runnings in a jug and blend




when I have enough, take a bath in it. It's awesome

MattHollingsworth said:

If it's at least a half bottle, I just bottle it. Then I drink it after one week. With more headspace, it's more carbed. I always find it's pretty carbonated at one week, already. I don't just drink it without bottling because I don't like the priming sugar in the beer.

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Ditto - it's my "test bottle."

I have smaller 7-8oz bottles i bottle in and if i cant fill one of thos i just drink it

i drank mine. I didnt have any wee bottles and just had to taste it

Given the choice of drinking it or *****ing my anus, I go with drinking it. Am I missing out on anything?

+1000,000,000 I drink mine, it's good to know what your flat beer tastes like.

Thanks for reminding me what that 1/2 bottle sitting on the kitchen counter was from!

I usually just drink some of it and pitch the rest, unless it tastes good enough to dirnk at that point. But the last time I bottled, I capped the last half-bottle to see what the beer might taste like with oxidation.

I'm going to go with the majority here and say drink it. That's what I did for my first batch, it will give you a fair idea of the beer's flavor.

I filled a bottle 1/2 full once before capping. I forgot about it and three weeks later when I remembered I popped the top, the CO2 pressure almost blew the cap off. Upon pouring I got 99.9% foam. Next time I'll just drink the flat beer!

Well, I had bottled mine and let it sit a week before opening it last Sat(1/30). It seemed carbonated but still tasted like an extract kit(syrupy I guess), which it is. I'm hoping time will improve the rest of the batch.

BTW its a Belgian Tripel

I drink some, and then pour it out once I get tired of drinking uncarbed beer.