NewBrew122
Member
Hey everyone,
I just brewed my first beer about a week ago and I made a pretty dumb mistake in retrospect. After struggling a bit with the wort chiller (couldn't connect to any of my faucets properly) I figured out a way to get it flowing and in my excitement to finally finish brew day, I only put 4 gallons of wort into my fermenter and didn't top off with another gallon. Fast forward to this week, I just looked at my bucket and realized it was only up to the 4 gallon mark. The beer did ferment the 4 gallons but now I'm concerned about bottling day. If I follow the instructions and add the priming sugar solution will there be too much sugar and will the yeast over carb the beer? Should I just add an extra gallon of cooled boiled water to the bottling bucket with the dissolved sugar to get it up to 5 gallons and if I do that will it lower the ABV closer to the target ABV? Thanks for the help!
I just brewed my first beer about a week ago and I made a pretty dumb mistake in retrospect. After struggling a bit with the wort chiller (couldn't connect to any of my faucets properly) I figured out a way to get it flowing and in my excitement to finally finish brew day, I only put 4 gallons of wort into my fermenter and didn't top off with another gallon. Fast forward to this week, I just looked at my bucket and realized it was only up to the 4 gallon mark. The beer did ferment the 4 gallons but now I'm concerned about bottling day. If I follow the instructions and add the priming sugar solution will there be too much sugar and will the yeast over carb the beer? Should I just add an extra gallon of cooled boiled water to the bottling bucket with the dissolved sugar to get it up to 5 gallons and if I do that will it lower the ABV closer to the target ABV? Thanks for the help!