Oh crap

[Irish06Brewer]

I just bottled my first batch. An Irish Red. Great color, tasted pretty good. I made my primer with white sugar and a pint of water. I boiled for 5 minutes as recipe called for. After bottling, I realized that I was using a 1/3 cup measure instead of a 1/4 cup measure. In short, I used 1 cup of white sugar in one pint of water as my primer instead of 3/4 cup. Will my bottles explode? How badly did I mess this one up???

 

[ChshreCat]

Probably won't be enough to make them kersplode, but you'll be a bit more carbonated than you planned. Not a big deal.

Do yourself a favor and invest in a small kitchen scale and measure your sugar by weight instead of volume. 3/4 cup of sugar isn't always the same each time depending on how packed the sugar gets in the cup. Weight is always accurate.

 

[joel4482]

Probably not the end of the world just chill very well (like in a bucket with ice and water)before opening. That should curtail a little foam.

 

[frazier]

Drink them quickly. I don't mean chug 'em - I mean don't let them hang around on your closet shelf. My early brews tended to be over-carbed, until I followed Cheshre Cat's advice and started weighing. By the time I was down to the last 6'er, they were all gushers.

 

[lumpher]

weighing=5 oz for a 5 gallon.

 

[oceanselv]

You might want to open your bottles overt a sink as well. Other than being over carbonated there is no harm to your beer.