Pepe
Member
Hi everyone,
I woke up this morning to a couple of my bottles exploding in my fermentation freezer. I'm trying to figure out ways to prevent this next batch and I had a few questions. The three probable causes for bottles bombs are a) Weak bottles. b) Bottling two early/too much priming sugar and c) Uneven mixing of the priming sugar. For cause b) I am going to put more effort into taking hydrometer readings and calculating how much priming sugar was needed. For part a) I was wondering if anyone has ever used michelob bottles? Are they known for being weak? And for part c) I was wondering how people mix their priming sugar into the beer before bottling. I just dumped the sugar water into the bottom of the bottling bucket and racked the beer on top. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I woke up this morning to a couple of my bottles exploding in my fermentation freezer. I'm trying to figure out ways to prevent this next batch and I had a few questions. The three probable causes for bottles bombs are a) Weak bottles. b) Bottling two early/too much priming sugar and c) Uneven mixing of the priming sugar. For cause b) I am going to put more effort into taking hydrometer readings and calculating how much priming sugar was needed. For part a) I was wondering if anyone has ever used michelob bottles? Are they known for being weak? And for part c) I was wondering how people mix their priming sugar into the beer before bottling. I just dumped the sugar water into the bottom of the bottling bucket and racked the beer on top. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks