How bad off am I?

[paratroop]

Okay guys so I just bottled my first batch of brew last weekend, I'm pretty worried though after reading some information on these forums.

I brewed a Hop Cult IPA from Midwest, when it was done in the secondary I noticed when I racked it to my bottling bucket I only had a little over 3 gallons. I just scratched my head and continued with my bottling process which included adding the full compliment of corn sugar...

I didn't find out that you are supposed to cut down the amount of priming sugar per gallon to avoid over carbonation...now I do and I'm worried!

I threw couple bottles in the fridge and plan on doing a taste test this evening.

Basiclly I'm curious how bad I messed up.

 

[unionrdr]

They could wind up over carbonated,but not usually after only one week. How did you only get 3 gallons? did you rack too early to the bottling bucket before the beer fully settled out? Or did you just leave too much in the primary fermenter?

 

[TrainSafe]

Did you take gravity readings after the boil, and after fermentation? What were they?

Just a guess, but you may have forgotten to dilute the beer after the boil, and that would explain having only 3 gallons.

As for the carbonation, yes your beer will have extra fizz. It won't be to style, but it will settle down after you pour it.

 

[paratroop]

I did add water after the boil, I'm worried maybe the bubbles from the aeration process might have thrown me off...

So the beer will still be drinkable?

 

[unionrdr]

So you're saying that you might've measured at the top of the foam? It would be stronger,but drinkable.

 

[TrainSafe]

It will still be beer. No worries.