To get my girlfriend into brewing, we made some ginger ale.
To get a decent ABV, I used what is probably excessive sugar, like a cup full / 100g in a 2 litre PET bottle.
The 1/4 teaspoon of beer yeast didn't kick off after 48 hours, so I made a small yeast start in 100ml of warm water, waited till it started to bubble and tipped it into the bottle and sealed it.
The bottle started to pressurize in a few hours and has been sitting at room temp since Saturday morning. Bottle was hard to squeeze on Saturday night.
Trouble is, I'm now at work and I'm a little paranoid as ALL the recipes I read online say "DO NOT LEAVE LONGER THAN 48 hours at room temp." Also most of them use half or less of the sugar I used.
As it's a 2 litre PET CocaCola bottle I'm hoping I have a window to get home this evening and
a) quick chill it to stop fermentation.
OR
b) Release the pressure, transfer through a sieve to remove the "bits" and continue fermentation to recarbonate for another 48 hours before chilling.
The PET bottle will expand and deform first, right?, before it explodes?
To get a decent ABV, I used what is probably excessive sugar, like a cup full / 100g in a 2 litre PET bottle.
The 1/4 teaspoon of beer yeast didn't kick off after 48 hours, so I made a small yeast start in 100ml of warm water, waited till it started to bubble and tipped it into the bottle and sealed it.
The bottle started to pressurize in a few hours and has been sitting at room temp since Saturday morning. Bottle was hard to squeeze on Saturday night.
Trouble is, I'm now at work and I'm a little paranoid as ALL the recipes I read online say "DO NOT LEAVE LONGER THAN 48 hours at room temp." Also most of them use half or less of the sugar I used.
As it's a 2 litre PET CocaCola bottle I'm hoping I have a window to get home this evening and
a) quick chill it to stop fermentation.
OR
b) Release the pressure, transfer through a sieve to remove the "bits" and continue fermentation to recarbonate for another 48 hours before chilling.
The PET bottle will expand and deform first, right?, before it explodes?