Did I add too much sugar??

[str8upbrad]

I made a 5 gal batch of ipa. 1 week ago today I bottled it. I bottled 44 beers. I mixed 2 cups of corn sugar in 2 cups of boiling water and added that to my bottling bucket. Today I checked on the beer an noticed there already quite carbonated, but about 15 bottles were fizzing. Most of my bottles were screw tops.. Did I overcarbonate or not cap well??, too much sugar??.


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[CUrchin]

2 cups is a lot and you may end up with bottle bombs. Next time use a priming calculator: http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

 

[Colorowdy]

Yes. All I can think is bottle bombs. Watch out for shrapnel.
Use this next time http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

Sorry for the double link the kid needed something when I opened this.

 

[fuelish]

2 cups??? And where did you get that info....way to much, as already noted above....did you read this somewhere, or were you just winging it???

 

[glenparc]

General rule of thumb is 2/3 - 3/4 cup of corn sugar in 2 cups of water for a 5 gallon batch usually

 

[Jwerner23]

I normally do 3/4 cup of sugar in a cup of water for my 5 gal. batches. 2 cups of sugar is a little much.

 

[Joewalla88]

I like the 1oz per gallon method. It works everytime.

 

[Yooper]

Oh, my goodness, yes that is far too much sugar.

I'd uncap them to relieve the pressure and then maybe even dump them back into a fermenter before recapping. You've got a roughly 99.9% chance of explosions.

 

[MindenMan]

At the risk of oxidation, pour the beers into a bucket and let the sugar burn off. Then when you are ready to bottle, use one of the above mentioned calculators.
I use 0.7 oz priming sugar per gallon, and I get plenty of carbonation for my liking, but it is more like an English Ale's carbonation. 4.5 oz of priming sugar is a very common amount for 5 gallons and most use it that formula to get that"store bought" kind of carbonation like commercially brewed beers.

 

[cjgenever]

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[tsl346]

Side note, you will never get a good seal using screw type bottles. You need to be using pry off bottles if you are using non-screw caps and a normal homebrew capper. This might be saving you some bottle bombs, though, if it is fizzing out due to the improper seal.

 

[masskrug]

You've got a roughly 99.9% chance of explosions.

I like those odds!

 

[Sanker]

Okay ive got the opposite question... Ive design an apple pie extract recipe, turned out delicious! However, its basically uncarbinated. Its been sitting in bottles for three weeks now. I used 2/3 cup of pure cane sugar for a five gallon batch. I dissolved it into two cups of water prior to mixing into the beer..... will it eventually carbonate, or am I s.o.l.

 

[NorthRiverS]

I usually use around 1/2 cup to carbonate a dark beer.

NRS