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I sampled the batch this weekend. Tasted 3 separate bottles over the weekend and had some interesting results. The first bottle I went to bleed some carbonation out and the cap shot off like a champaign cork. Poured with a large amount of head and was overcarbonated. Next two the caps came...

man I used to have an old Schlitz key just like that. I loaned it to a bartender buddy and never saw it again.

That makes sense. I am going to do a couple early anyway just to see the results, but the "lifting" method seems to be the safest. How did you lift the caps off, just use a bottle opener and crack them a little bit?

I guess the point of my question is why should I wait until carbonation is finished? I don't think I am going to have bottle bombs, well hopefully not. The beers will be significantly overcarbonated yes, but I don't think I am in danger of that. I still want them to be somewhat carbonated and...

Two weeks huh? Seems like that is a long time. Why did you wait so long as opposed to doing it earlier?

OK, if that is the only reasonable plan I guess the question is when to do it. I was thinking like 3-4 days after bottling, since I did it on Saturday I was thinking Tuesday night. Think that is enough time?

I messed up my priming pretty bad and have an idea on how to fix it that I want to float past you guys. What happened was I mixed up enough priming sugar for a 3 and half gallon batch, but my batch of beer was only around 2 3/4 gallons. I had planned to make the batch a little more carbonated...

That I can do!

Exactly. Right now it is drinkable if a bit undercarbonated. My thinking is it is better off to learn from this and make sure to double check my measuring tools moving forward.

Yeah I know it's going to be a bit longer, I wanted to open this one as a test bottle and see where we were at after I realized my mistake. I wanted to see if there was something I could do to "save" the batch if needed (knowing I probably couldn't), but considering that I wanted something a...

About two weeks ago I bottled a batch of Cream Ale that had been in the primary for three weeks. This weekend I sat down to bottle a stout and realized that when I measured out the dextrose for the Cream Ale I accidentally used half the required amount. Thinking back on it I thought that it...

Thanks guys! Summer Ale has been bottled and will be ready for my birthday. Cream Ale is in the primary bubbling away, although not sure if it technically is a cream ale anymore - initial gravity came in high because I decided to try doing a partial mash and wasn't sure if my conversion...

Long time lover of beer finally taken the plunge and brewed my first batch solo. I have brewed with others in the past but not on my own. 1st week in the primary, gotta say this is pretty awesome. I can't tell you how many mistakes I made but I am confident that the first batch is looking...