smata67
Well-Known Member
When I transferred from my Better Bottle to the bottling bucket, I was too conservative on the siphon tube depth on the bottle and left behind quite a bit. I was only able to get 7 six packs. Since I primed in the bottling bucket, my sugar is going to be higher. I guess I will find out soon enough, but is it possible I have over-carbonated?
Any ideas for me to recover that lost six pack in the future? Its impossible to start a siphon with such low depth to begin with. I began pouring it carefully into the bottling bucket once I was done bottling, but I had forgotten to close the valve and had to abort, losing the leftover batch when it all swirled back. I probably would have been fine without the valve stupidity, I don't mind yeast, but if there is a better way to get at this left behind stuff, would love to hear it. Now that I have a good idea of how much is left behind (not much, about 3/4"), I will mark my toolage and hopefully do better next time.
If I would have been able to get it out and into bottles, how much table sugar per bottle (12 oz), would I have to use?
Another glitch was a leaking valve between the gaskets that poorly sealed. I'm using the ale pale from brewer's best, any better gasketing available than the soft white washers they provided?
Any ideas for me to recover that lost six pack in the future? Its impossible to start a siphon with such low depth to begin with. I began pouring it carefully into the bottling bucket once I was done bottling, but I had forgotten to close the valve and had to abort, losing the leftover batch when it all swirled back. I probably would have been fine without the valve stupidity, I don't mind yeast, but if there is a better way to get at this left behind stuff, would love to hear it. Now that I have a good idea of how much is left behind (not much, about 3/4"), I will mark my toolage and hopefully do better next time.
If I would have been able to get it out and into bottles, how much table sugar per bottle (12 oz), would I have to use?
Another glitch was a leaking valve between the gaskets that poorly sealed. I'm using the ale pale from brewer's best, any better gasketing available than the soft white washers they provided?