Why don't we get alcohol after bottling?

God Emporer BillyBrew · Oct 14, 2005

I mean it makes sense that there's no place for the CO2 to escape so it stays in the beer thus we carbonate our beer. But why doesn't alcohol form after priming and bottling? Is it because all of the oxygen is gone.

El Pistolero · Oct 14, 2005

The alcohol content of the beer does increase slightly after priming and bottling.

God Emporer BillyBrew · Oct 14, 2005

There you go then.

SwAMi75 · Oct 14, 2005

It does, but not much. First, there's limited food (primer) and air (headspace) for the yeast to do its thing.

Second, the CO2 in a sealed bottle is put to use because the bottle is sealed, concentrating the CO2 into the beer, rather than escaping through an airlock.

God Emporer BillyBrew · Oct 14, 2005

Yeah, thankfully Yahoo Serious invented carbonation!

bikebryan · Oct 15, 2005

billybrew said:
Yeah, thankfully Yahoo Serious invented carbonation!

The equation to split a beer atom: EMC2.

Young Einstein was a great movie, as long as you didn't take it too serious!

david_42 · Oct 15, 2005

Figure 1/4 cup of sugar in 5 gallons. That's 0.3% by weight. About 1/2 the weight goes to CO2, the other half to alcohol.

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