I just bottled my brew and used the 5 oz of priming sugar from the kit. The problem was there was only 2.5 gallons of brew to bottle. Do I have to referment or just wait and see. Thanks
beerman0001 said:All is not good. if the kit came with 5oz of sugar I am going to assume it was for 5gal where did the rest of your beer go??
I'm a little curious about this myself. Usually kits are packed just as that...kits. Everything is pre measured and ready to use.
madcow_number_6 said:As I thought as well. But by using the linked calculator above I found that my English Amber Ale that I'm bottling tomorrow only needs 3.6oz of Dextrose and noth the 4.5oz that came in my kit. Glad I checked
Well, yes...kits don't seem to recommend carbing to style. The just throw in a packet of corn sugar for bottling. It seems like 5oz in a 2.5 gallon kit is a little much though. I would be wary of those bottles.
OK...Have them all except one for a test bottle in a locked down plastic case... If I bottled yesterday , Sat, Feb 11th...how many days should I wait before I check them out ?
Can I open them all up then recap? Will that mess up the beer ?
Thanks. I had only 4 gallons of wort becaue I wanted a higher SG 1.062 ...so I used less water and more sugar while brewing.. I had an ending SG of 1.02...after 10 days of fermenting. Then I only ended up with 26 bottles....I guess I will put them in an airtight Tupper ware container. Thanks Everyone.
well, I checked one bottle today and its over carbonated...so I locked them all down in a tupperware and put them in the fridge...will this slow everything down ? Thanks
Oh..I just checked my fermenting red ale and the fermentation blew the lock top right off the car boy ...what do I do now ? I just started fermenting yesterday
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