Over carbonated beer

[bentl1jb]

So I just tasted a beer that I made and it tastes great. Only issue is that both bottles I opened foamed over the top of the bottle so much I lost about half a beer. How do I avoid this in the future? Less priming sugar?

 

[grizzly2378]

I had this problem with my first brew. The bottles didn't explode and they don't foam up when I pop the cap, but when I pour I get a ridiculous amount of foam unless I pour very slowly and very carefully. And then the beer is noticeably over-carbed...kinda like drinking a soda. I suspect that I used too much priming sugar. I just used the entire 5 oz that came with the kit without thinking about it. I bottled a stout yesterday and used Northern Brewers priming sugar calculator to figure out how much sugar to use, which is around 2.8 oz for a stout (much less than the 5 they give you). Remains to be seen how this batch will turn out...


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[NTXBrauer]

^^^ Most likely this..too much priming sugar as grizzly mentions above. Use a calculator next time based on the style of beer you are bottling for better results. Cheers!

 

[BigFloyd]

You may have used the full 5oz packet of corn sugar included in many kits. That often results in too much carb, especially if you ended up with less than 5 gallons into the bucket.

You'll want a kitchen scale for doing this right. For each gallon of beer, use 0.82 to 0.84oz (by weight) of corn sugar. That should work pretty well to get around 2.5 volumes of CO2.

 

[bbohanon]

Hate to hear you had this happen..I myself also have had this happen even when I measure the sugar properly. Still having truckloads of yeast in suspension, fermentables that did not ferment during primary, mini-fermentations kicking up post racking, so....it happens.

I use this technique for the rare batch I have that ends up overcarbed in the bottle with some good success..



I also moved to kegging this year which has eliminated the bottle overcarbing issues. I try to steer clear of the quick shake force method for kegging..I just set my CO2 for my target carb rate and let it ride until she is ready adjusting as needed.