Hi everyone 
first post here...
I brewed an experimental 3 gallon brown ale with bitter orange peel and coriander, some brown and white sugar, used some leftover California ale yeast from a previous batch (Janet's Brown ale) and got a delicious batch of about 7% abv beer.
I was intending to bottle the beer on Monday (from secondary fermenter), and I was making some wort for krausening, as well as feeding some other yeasties... unfortunately, in my frustration at the officiating of the game (a different matter), I mindlessly dumped the whole gallon of gyle I had produced into the ale pale, with all of the beer in it...... And back into the carboy it all went.
End of the day, it was not such a bad mistake. Now my experimental batch is a bit more experimental. Also went from 3 to 4 gallons, always a plus. Unfortunately, I didn't take a gravity reading either on the gyle... However, one thing I can say is it is delicious. I just sampled it, and I am quite pleased with the results, though now I'm left unsure of the ABV, ect...
So, now I am wondering--what would happen if I bottle the beer from the carboy, as it is, say today or tomorrow? Would I be able to get decent carbonation this way? I am thinking maybe I can get a similar amount as if I were to wait until the fermentables were converted, and then primed....
Any thoughts? Thanks!
first post here...I brewed an experimental 3 gallon brown ale with bitter orange peel and coriander, some brown and white sugar, used some leftover California ale yeast from a previous batch (Janet's Brown ale) and got a delicious batch of about 7% abv beer.
I was intending to bottle the beer on Monday (from secondary fermenter), and I was making some wort for krausening, as well as feeding some other yeasties... unfortunately, in my frustration at the officiating of the game (a different matter), I mindlessly dumped the whole gallon of gyle I had produced into the ale pale, with all of the beer in it...... And back into the carboy it all went.
End of the day, it was not such a bad mistake. Now my experimental batch is a bit more experimental. Also went from 3 to 4 gallons, always a plus. Unfortunately, I didn't take a gravity reading either on the gyle... However, one thing I can say is it is delicious. I just sampled it, and I am quite pleased with the results, though now I'm left unsure of the ABV, ect...
So, now I am wondering--what would happen if I bottle the beer from the carboy, as it is, say today or tomorrow? Would I be able to get decent carbonation this way? I am thinking maybe I can get a similar amount as if I were to wait until the fermentables were converted, and then primed....
Any thoughts? Thanks!
