Bottling Goof

[Onescalerguy]

Could someone please tell me "it'll be ok" because I just now discovered(by reading the instructions)that I was supposed to mix the corn sugar with boiling water before adding it to the brew.I just stirred it in.Will it still work?Thanks.
Bill

Primary(tonight)-THB Nut Brown Ale
Secondary 1-THB O'fest
Secondary 2-THB Yellow Dog ale
Bottled-THB Trad.Wheat

 

[woodstone]

Boiling the corn sugar does two things...makes it easier to disolve in the beer (i.e., your adding dissolved sugar in water, not sugar solids) and kill any bacteria or nasties that might be in it.

If you mixed well there might not be an issue, but otherwise, you might not get consistent carbination in your bottles...some beers may be under carbonated, while others might be over carbonated.

Regarding killing bacteria, your beer already has alcohol in it to kill off whatever might be in the sugar...I'd not worry about this.

Good luck, I think you will be OK and you can chalk it up to "I'll not do that again".

Cheers.

 

[gruntingfrog]

It'll should be fine. Don't worry about it, just don't do it again.

 

[Walker]

if you are sure the suagr all dissolved, you are probably ok. You *might* want to put them in a plastic container just in case you have some bottle bombs in the works (ie; some bottles that got a lot of sugar in them).

 

[Cheesefood]

Having made the mistake not once, not twice, but 3 times I can tell you one thing: it's a big boo-boo to put in the sugar water AFTER syphoning to the bottling bucket. Expect a half un-carbonated batch and a few gushers.

Maybe you'll have better luck than I.

 

[TREMBLE]

Excuse my ignorance, still learning here. My first batch came out flat (though the flavour was pretty good) and my second batch is curently bottle conditioning. However I did not use a bottling bucket, I primed each bottle with sugar, did not dissolve it or anything just put it into the bottles before siphoning in the beer and giving it a good shake. Since coming on these forums I have seen people talking about bottling buckets, is it important to use one of these? My flat is pretty short on space so if it is not necessary I would rather not do it!

 

[ajf]

The only problem with adding the sugar directly to the bottles is that it is very difficult to accurately measure the amount of sugar in each bottle, and this can give uneven carbonation.
Using a bottling bucket allows the sugar to be mixed evenly throughout the beer, and allows you to rack the beer from the fermenter (to the bucket), leaving the sediment behind, resulting in clearer beer.

-a.

 

[Onescalerguy]

Thanks for the reassurance folks,it helps.Can i go a bit further?Just this evening,being thirsty and not wanting to hit the beerstore and knowing i have 47 bottles out in the garage,i tried a couple(3) and they are still really flat.Is this because they've only been bottled for 6 days?I know i'm screwing up despite everyone's sentiment to let the darn stuff AGE!!But this was just a test...really.So will the carbonation improve over time?Thanks again.

PS-I love this forum,my new obsession.


Primary-Nut Brown Ale
Secondary1-O'fest
Secondary2-Yellow Dog Ale
Bottled(sampling)/Aging-Trad.wheat

 

[Orpheus]

Thanks for the reassurance folks,it helps.Can i go a bit further?Just this evening,being thirsty and not wanting to hit the beerstore and knowing i have 47 bottles out in the garage,i tried a couple(3) and they are still really flat.Is this because they've only been bottled for 6 days?I know i'm screwing up despite everyone's sentiment to let the darn stuff AGE!!But this was just a test...really.So will the carbonation improve over time?Thanks again.

PS-I love this forum,my new obsession.

Yeah six days isn't long at all. I'm sure you'll have good carbonation with a couple weeks. No worries!

 

[Pumbaa]

yeah it's probably needs another week or so b4 it carbonated well . . . that and it could be just some uneaven carbonation from the first mishap. I wouldnt worry.

Best part of screwing up a batch of beer is you can always make another batch

 

[homebrewer_99]

I always dry prime my mini-kegs. Never had a problem in 13 plus years.

 

[teu1003]

Excuse my ignorance, still learning here. My first batch came out flat (though the flavour was pretty good) and my second batch is curently bottle conditioning. However I did not use a bottling bucket, I primed each bottle with sugar, did not dissolve it or anything just put it into the bottles before siphoning in the beer and giving it a good shake. Since coming on these forums I have seen people talking about bottling buckets, is it important to use one of these? My flat is pretty short on space so if it is not necessary I would rather not do it!

my local brewguy sells what amounts to "sugar balls" ... you add one ball per 12 oz bottle. its pre-measured so you dont have to worry about consistency. several keggers i know use them when they want to submit a brew for judging ... you can bottle as many or as few as you want.

 

[johnoswald]

Thanks for the reassurance folks,it helps.Can i go a bit further?Just this evening,being thirsty and not wanting to hit the beerstore and knowing i have 47 bottles out in the garage,i tried a couple(3) and they are still really flat.Is this because they've only been bottled for 6 days?I know i'm screwing up despite everyone's sentiment to let the darn stuff AGE!!But this was just a test...really.So will the carbonation improve over time?

now let's be honest here
1 is a test
2 is a verification
3 is the start of a party :cross: