Priming/Bottling Questing

[pers]

I just transferred to my bottling bucket that had the priming sugar already in the bottom of it. I siphoned in a little too much hop residue from my dry hopping pellets.

How long can I wait to actually bottle? I was hoping some of the residue might drop to the bottom of the bottling bucket if I could wait a little while.

If I can't really wait, will most of the residue sink to the bottom of the bottle during conditioning?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Devin]

I wouldn't wait very long. The extra sugar you put into the brew is going to fire up the yeasties again and fermentation will start. I would just go ahead and bottle it up. The hop particles will settle out, especially after you chill them for a while.

 

[Keith_O]

+1
Bottle away!

 

[IslandLizard]

+1^

Make sure to give it a thorough but gentle stir to mix the priming sugar into the beer, without introducing a lot of air into it.

 

[flars]

the debris will drop out in the bottle with the yeast. a slow smooth pour will leave the sediment in the bottle.

 

[pers]

Thanks everyone. Started bottling right after the first reply. The first and last bottle were filled with residue but everything in between seemed pretty good.

 

[Devin]

Hopefully you did the gentle stir as another poster mentioned. I didn't do that on my very first batch - the result: bottle bombs for about the first six bottles that I filled, then the next several decent carbonation levels, and the last ones filled had almost no carbonation. I didn't have even mixing of the priming sugar.

 

[pers]

Hopefully you did the gentle stir as another poster mentioned. I didn't do that on my very first batch - the result: bottle bombs for about the first six bottles that I filled, then the next several decent carbonation levels, and the last ones filled had almost no carbonation. I didn't have even mixing of the priming sugar.

Yes, I actually had done the gentle stir right after I did the transfer.