Opened bottle early...

[gallowjc]

So I made the Blood Orange Belgian Wit recipe from this site on 5/31 and bottled in on 6/14. I know I used too much priming sugar, by a lot. Used 5 oz but due to lots of floating fruit and other junk only got 41 12 oz bottles.

So I opened one today, and I know that it was really early by a long shot but I couldn't resist. Bottle had a slow foam coming out the top when open and excessive head in the glass.

I know that it will be overcarbed but is this excessive foam due to too much priming sugar or because of how little time in the bottle it had?

 

[Wolfhound180]

Did you cool the bottle before opening?

 

[billl]

Relax. it's too early. Give them another week, then put one in the fridge for 48 hours before opening it.

 

[thughes]

Get back to us in another week or two. (And make sure to chill the bottle for 48 hours before you open it.)

 

[grimzella]

most likely its because of it not being ready. i always test early, not worried about saving it for when it tastes better, because, i have a nice pipeline going so really, i dont need the extra beers for when they are "good". i like to experiment. this way, until i get it all down packed, i know what to look for in a young beer, ect. i bet a few more weeks and your beer will be fine.

 

[gallowjc]

Thanks. I assumed that it was due to how early I tried it. Tried to find a thread about gushing when opening early but could find one..,

 

[Revvy]

If you had opened it when it was ready, you wouldn't have seen it and you wouldn't have worried...and you wouldn't have wasted a beer....

Watch this video and you'll understand why in gushed.



There's a ton of threads on this, just about every gusher thread on here is because they opened the bottle too early.

 

[CircusHooker]

That's a great video.

 

[gallowjc]

3 bottles ended up exploding. Think fermentation stalled maybe and when I racked and bottled I kicked it off again...all in the fridge now.