Air space ratio?

[BeerandHockey]

I use a bottling wand and mainly use 12oz bottles, but I used 22oz bottles for my last batch. I filled the same way, to the rim and then let displacement create the airspace. Does this leave too little air space in the 22oz bottles? is that why my beer has weird carbonation?

 

[Yooper]

No, that should be perfect. About 1-1.5" is right.

That wouldn't cause spotty carbonation. Was your priming sugar dissolved in water before you added it to your bottling bucket?

 

[BeerandHockey]

I dissolved the sugar and then added the beer over it in the bottling bucket. but for some reason the beer is really fizzy when its poured but tastes really flat. It bubbles like a sprite but tastes flat. any ideas?

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Pour or siphon?

I would siphon- Coil it once around the bottom of your bottling bucket, and siphon over. The coil will just help it circulate and mix a little better. Hope this helps!

 

[Revvy]

How long have you let them sit at 70 degrees before opening them...it takes longe than the usua 3 weeks at 70 that we recommend for 12 ounce bottles to carb and condition..My pints and growlers ALWAYS take a week to 2 weeks longer to carb up than the 12 ounce bottles I bottle alongside them for competition...

The larger the volume of liquid the longer it takes the yeasties to do their thing and to let the co2 fill the headspace then get reabsorbed back into solution....

If it's been under 3 weeks, then leave them alone for a couple weeks more.