gubernaculum
New Member
Hi all,
This is my second batch ever. Made the Midwest Irish Red Ale kit.
Completely unaware of the fact that priming sugar calculators exist, I primed a few days ago with 5 oz. of corn sugar for 5 gallons of volume.
The OG of the beer was ~1.043 and the FG was 1.014. Primary fermentation was only 2 weeks (yeah, I know I jumped the gun -- was following the kit directions and didn't know any better, lesson learned for next time). It is now bottle conditioning at 72 degrees F.
I ran it through a priming calculator, and it says that I will be carbonating with approx. 2.6-2.7 volumes CO2 (if indeed fermentation was complete, which in hindsight, I'm not totally sure about).
Is there a way that I can stop the carbonation before it gets to 2.7 volumes? I don't really want 50 bottles of gushers...
I know that refrigerating the beers will make the yeast go dormant and stop the carbonating, but will this affect the final flavor of the beer (i.e. if I left the bottles in the fridge for a few weeks, would the flavor be as good as if I left them at 72 F and just dealt with the gushers)?
Thanks for helping out a newbie!
This is my second batch ever. Made the Midwest Irish Red Ale kit.
Completely unaware of the fact that priming sugar calculators exist, I primed a few days ago with 5 oz. of corn sugar for 5 gallons of volume.
The OG of the beer was ~1.043 and the FG was 1.014. Primary fermentation was only 2 weeks (yeah, I know I jumped the gun -- was following the kit directions and didn't know any better, lesson learned for next time). It is now bottle conditioning at 72 degrees F.
I ran it through a priming calculator, and it says that I will be carbonating with approx. 2.6-2.7 volumes CO2 (if indeed fermentation was complete, which in hindsight, I'm not totally sure about).
Is there a way that I can stop the carbonation before it gets to 2.7 volumes? I don't really want 50 bottles of gushers...
I know that refrigerating the beers will make the yeast go dormant and stop the carbonating, but will this affect the final flavor of the beer (i.e. if I left the bottles in the fridge for a few weeks, would the flavor be as good as if I left them at 72 F and just dealt with the gushers)?
Thanks for helping out a newbie!