Force bottling/exposure to oxygen

[sandphan]

Hi,

I recently bottled my 1 week old secondary ferment Rose Petal IPA (i am a new brewer). During the bottling process I was an idiot and was bottling really slow because the spring wasn't loosened enough to allow good flow. I was siphoning it into the bottle (i didnt have a pail with spigot). It took me 2hrs into the process of bottling when i noticed it. I started to rush the process when i figured it out because I didnt want my beer to be exposed to oxygen any longer. I started to siphon the beer quicker and this resulted in some bottles to have a lot of foam and some with no foam at the top.

What does this mean?
Did i siphon it too quickly into the bottle?
Is foam normal when bottling?

 

[Shawnanigans]

Hi,

I recently bottled my 1 week old secondary ferment Rose Petal IPA (i am a new brewer). During the bottling process I was an idiot and was bottling really slow because the spring wasn't loosened enough to allow good flow. I was siphoning it into the bottle (i didnt have a pail with spigot). It took me 2hrs into the process of bottling when i noticed it. I started to rush the process when i figured it out because I didnt want my beer to be exposed to oxygen any longer. I started to siphon the beer quicker and this resulted in some bottles to have a lot of foam and some with no foam at the top.

What does this mean?
Did i siphon it too quickly into the bottle?
Is foam normal when bottling?

A friend of mine was bottling his beer when his gasket around the siphon started to leak, which then quickly turned into a full blown stream. They pulled off the hose and bottled straight off the spigot at full blast. The bottles were filled to different levels with tons of foam. That batch turned out to be delicious with no signs of off flavors or oxidation. I believe the yeast use up any oxygen when it's doing it's thing carbonating the bottles. RDWHAHB and let us know how it turns out!

 

[Gameface]

There was some O2 exposure (there is always some when bottling from a bucket) but the impact might not be too severe. Hard to say. Really, since you're a new brewer, just complete the conditioning process and enjoy the beer. It's an IPA so I doubt it was intended for long-term storage anyway.

My recommendation would be to get a bottling bucket with a spigot. That will make bottling MUCH easier. Not too terribly expensive.

But don't worry, it isn't like you completely ruined your beer.

I mean this as a friendly joke, but once you said "Rose Petal IPA" you didn't need to say you were a new brewer.

 

[ncbrewer]

Start drinking this as soon as it's carb'd up - I'd guess 10 days. Drink it fast. Oxidation gets much worse with time.