So.... here goes.
I'm brewing a weizenbock. I have limited gear, so I had cut down a 5 gallon recipe in half. So now I have ~2.5 gallons of wort. That ferments. I check it after a while, and it reads dry on my hydrometer. So I rack to a 1 gallon and 2 half gallon jugs.
A week or two later, I smell beer. Crap. My 1 gallon jug popped.
A month later I decide to finish up. Open the first jug, and rack to a temporary 1 gallon container before bottling. No problem. At this point I realize that I've added enough priming sugar for the half batch instead of a quarter batch. (I forgot to cut it down because I lost 1 gallon). I go to open the second jug and it's carbed like you wouldn't believe. I vent it with the lid partially off for 5 minutes.
Finally get the rest of it into the 1 gallon jug after making a huge mess. Get it all in bottles, and then start thinking "Now what?"
I have beer that's already carbed that now also has twice the priming sugar in it than the recipe calls for. What should I do besides put it in a bucket and hope for the best? Can I vent it any?
I'm brewing a weizenbock. I have limited gear, so I had cut down a 5 gallon recipe in half. So now I have ~2.5 gallons of wort. That ferments. I check it after a while, and it reads dry on my hydrometer. So I rack to a 1 gallon and 2 half gallon jugs.
A week or two later, I smell beer. Crap. My 1 gallon jug popped.
A month later I decide to finish up. Open the first jug, and rack to a temporary 1 gallon container before bottling. No problem. At this point I realize that I've added enough priming sugar for the half batch instead of a quarter batch. (I forgot to cut it down because I lost 1 gallon). I go to open the second jug and it's carbed like you wouldn't believe. I vent it with the lid partially off for 5 minutes.
Finally get the rest of it into the 1 gallon jug after making a huge mess. Get it all in bottles, and then start thinking "Now what?"
I have beer that's already carbed that now also has twice the priming sugar in it than the recipe calls for. What should I do besides put it in a bucket and hope for the best? Can I vent it any?
