Head in bottle

[konaniko]

Just started bottling a Irish Stout and there was a foamy head in the bottle. I did not put the cap on based on the idea it might be to gassy and will explode. Should I wait until the head disperses or is it ok to bottle?

 

[ChshreCat]

Not sure what you're saying. Is it in bottles or not?

 

[konaniko]

it is in the bottle and when you look at it there is a head after it is filled up

 

[soundsandsuds]

Well, you need to cap it at some point, otherwise it will never carbonate. Right now you've just got them split up into little tiny secondaries.

 

[ChshreCat]

There's going to be some dissolved CO2 in the liquid that will come out of solution when you disturb it. Bottle away.

 

[specialized]

i would cap them pronto. Just keep the bottles in cases and if you hear them going off get them to a cold space immediately. Also wear safety glasses and full shrapnel gear.

 

[ChshreCat]

i would cap them pronto. Just keep the bottles in cases and if you hear them going off get them to a cold space immediately. Also wear safety glasses and full shrapnel gear.

Nah. So long as they were at a stable FG, the dissolved CO2 isn't going to be likely to push it over the edge. You'd have to have it seriously carbed up. I get foam all the time when I bottle.

 

[soundsandsuds]

Also, in future, check your gravity a few days in a row when you think it's done. If you've got a final gravity near where you think it's supposed to be and the gravity isn't moving then bottle it. If not, wait.

 

[specialized]

btw i was assuming that fg was stable in my previous comment

 

[konaniko]

fg was finished at 1.018 og was 1.046 and because of no time it sat in primary for 2 weeks after 3 steady readings in a row so i know it was done. Went ahead and bottled. First taste was good with a hint of coffee at the end. This is 3rd batch (all stupid proof kits) and if this doesn't turn out well I may decide this is not the hobby for me!!!

 

[Revvy]

Was this sanitizer foam? What sanitizer did you use. I use starsan and my bottles always foam up and over. I use the beer to void out the foam.

How are you filling your bottles, with a bottling wand? Are you filling from the bottom up or are you pouring from the spigot into the bottles. Did you over agitate them when you are filling them?

 

[soundsandsuds]

To me it sounds like he primed, bottled, didn't cap and now has some krausen from the priming sugar.

 

[konaniko]

I used 1 step and bottling wand. After thinking about it I'm not sure there is a true explanation because not all the bottles had foam in them. I bottled and no bombs yet (24 hours).