TwistedHalo
Active Member
So, when I started my bottling process earlier this evening it had been 20 days since the my wort started fermenting. The Gravity had been staying at a constant of 1.013 for the last five days, so I decided it was time. I did all of my proper sanitation, made my priming solution, added it to my bottling bucket, and then siphoned the wort from my primary into my bottling bucket. I set the lid from the primary on top of the bottling bucket, without sealing it, and let it set for about 40 minutes to settle while I got everything in place. I then filled 4 bottles, capped 2 of them, and then on the 3rd, SNAP!, the damn bottle capper broke, its completely unusable.
I quickly sealed the bottling bucket with the lid from the primary. I did have to stick my arm into the wort (with a sanitized, elbow length brewers glove) to tighten the nut for the spigot because it loosened when I turned the spigot into a position that would let it sit on the floor without touching. I won't be able to get a new capper until at least noon EST tomorrow when my local brew store opens. Is it a problem that I added the priming sugars and they are sitting in the wort without being bottled? Does anyone see any other problems that might arise from what I described above?
Man am I going to pissed if all I get from this first batch is 2 beers. arg!! lol
Thanks for any help guys!
I quickly sealed the bottling bucket with the lid from the primary. I did have to stick my arm into the wort (with a sanitized, elbow length brewers glove) to tighten the nut for the spigot because it loosened when I turned the spigot into a position that would let it sit on the floor without touching. I won't be able to get a new capper until at least noon EST tomorrow when my local brew store opens. Is it a problem that I added the priming sugars and they are sitting in the wort without being bottled? Does anyone see any other problems that might arise from what I described above?
Man am I going to pissed if all I get from this first batch is 2 beers. arg!! lol
Thanks for any help guys!