To much sugar?

[rooster_442]

I brewed a oatmeal stout and got it bottled and after 2 weeks it has a strong sugar taste. My question is what can I do to get the sugar taste out? I was thinking leaving it sit and hoping it goes to the bottom.

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

What was your recipe/original and final gravity? It could be the beer hadn't quite finished fermenting. The bottles you've opened, have they been carbonated to the expected level? In other words do they seem under carbonated? You may still be tasting the priming sugar.

 

[rooster_442]

Rookie move but it's my 3rd batch and I forgot to do a fg reading before I bottled it. it was a box kit and said to bottle after 2 weeks. I am sure that the taste is from the priming sugar because I didn't taste it when I bottled it was very good flat.

 

[rooster_442]

They did carbonat very well.

 

[rocketsan]

Prepare for potential bottle bombs...

 

[rooster_442]

Even after 2 weeks in the bottle?

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

My very first batch after three months I was like "sweet these must be safe I can move them". Took them out of their containment bunker (Rubbermaid bin with a lid) and put them in a cabinet. Middle of the night two of them popped and made a giant sticky mess. This was probably due to a gusher infection, none the less though they can still pop after a long time.

I would grab a Rubbermaid bin and put these in containment. After like two months in bunker containment, if you have a nice cool spot (under 50f) move the bunker there. Or if you have a beer fridge in the garage, put all of them in the fridge and leave I the fridge. Once they're in the fridge they should stay safe in the fridge (relatively safe, still treat them with care).

Safety disclaimer: Treat them with extreme care from now on. The recipe could have just finished high and without the carbonation you maybe only tasted the roasted and chocolate grains. Either way it's better safe than sorry.

I'm a bit confused on how long they've been in the bottle. You bottled after two weeks of fermenting, how long did you wait till you opened your first bottle?

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Leave your beers in fermenter for 3-4 weeks. Or move to secondary after 2 weeks. Bottle bombs are not fun and a stout can be slow to finish. I had bottle gushers once from a stout.

 

[rooster_442]

I fermented for 2 weeks and they have been in the bottle for 2 weeks

 

[ArkotRamathorn]

I fermented for 2 weeks and they have been in the bottle for 2 weeks

Alright if they were fairly well carbonated at 2 weeks in the bottle, and they tasted sweet like table sugar I would say there may be a strong chance they'll bottle bomb.

Did you use corn sugar from a packet that came with the kit? How many ounces was that? Or did you boil table sugar in water with cream of tartar/lemon juice?

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

Many stouts need longer. What was the OG?

 

[rooster_442]

I used corn sugar I only put 4.5 Oz in

 

[Hoosierbrewer]

What was your starting gravity?