Help me avoid a bottle bomb??

[NilsJ]

I am bottling a beer that’s been fermenting for 4 weeks. So I went about my normal routine, until realized that I had made a half batch! So now I have 3/4 cup of priming sugar in my bottling bucket along with 2 gallons of IPA. How can I bottle these without creating a bottle bomb??

 

[RM-MN]

Put a lid on the bottling bucket with an airlock and just let it ferment out the sugar, then start over with the correct amount of priming sugar. That fermenting shouldn't take more than 3-4 days.

 

[NilsJ]

Put a lid on the bottling bucket with an airlock and just let it ferment out the sugar, then start over with the correct amount of priming sugar. That fermenting shouldn't take more than 3-4 days.

Thanks!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Put a lid on the bottling bucket with an airlock and just let it ferment out the sugar, then start over with the correct amount of priming sugar. That fermenting shouldn't take more than 3-4 days.

What's this going to do to the beer? I assume it will dry it out some and bump up ABV a touch?

 

[day_trippr]

Bottle primer typically bumps ABV by .4~.6%, and you can assume there will be a slightly drier finish after the second priming.
But the advice is solid and I would take it to the bank...

Cheers!

 

[RM-MN]

Being that you only used 3/4 cup of priming sugar it won't do much to the beer and since there isn't much alternative, you just have to accept it.

 

[NilsJ]

Thanks all! Update from last year, I ended up bottling them at about 2/3 of each bottle. No bottle bombs, but a few immediately foamed over. My shortcut didn't work too well.

To any future people reading this thread. Use RM-MNs advice. Don't do a shortcut like I did