carloschuck
Member
Hi,
This is a question regarding my first brew, which I just bottled today. I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch (actually, had 2.75 worth of beer in my carboy). I prepared a solution of 2.25oz dextrose in less than 1 cup water, which I boiled to dissolve. I poured it into my bottling bucket, and then I siphoned the beer from the carboy to the bucket. I didn't stir it or anything. Before bottling I searched through homebrewtalk, and found the consensus to be that you shouldn't stir the beer with the priming liquid, and that siphoning it is sufficient.
Bottling went well. I tasted the beer as it came out of the carboy, and it tasted fine. Then I tasted the very last bit that came out of the bucket, and it tasted very very sweet. Now I'm worried that the priming solution might not be distributed evenly across my batch --- exploding bottles (those towards the end), and undercarbonated beer (those towards the beginning).
Should I be worried? Is there anything I can do about it now? Or should I just relax, not worry, and have a homebrew (or a commercial brew since this is my first homebrew)?
Thanks!
/chuck
This is a question regarding my first brew, which I just bottled today. I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch (actually, had 2.75 worth of beer in my carboy). I prepared a solution of 2.25oz dextrose in less than 1 cup water, which I boiled to dissolve. I poured it into my bottling bucket, and then I siphoned the beer from the carboy to the bucket. I didn't stir it or anything. Before bottling I searched through homebrewtalk, and found the consensus to be that you shouldn't stir the beer with the priming liquid, and that siphoning it is sufficient.
Bottling went well. I tasted the beer as it came out of the carboy, and it tasted fine. Then I tasted the very last bit that came out of the bucket, and it tasted very very sweet. Now I'm worried that the priming solution might not be distributed evenly across my batch --- exploding bottles (those towards the end), and undercarbonated beer (those towards the beginning).
Should I be worried? Is there anything I can do about it now? Or should I just relax, not worry, and have a homebrew (or a commercial brew since this is my first homebrew)?
Thanks!
/chuck