After adding the beer to the priming sugar solution (in the bottling bucket) do you stir? Thanks.
you don't need to as long as you add the beer to the priming solution, and not the other way around. the racking stirs it up plenty.
you don't need to as long as you add the beer to the priming solution, and not the other way around. the racking stirs it up plenty.
I have never stirred and always have even carbonation, but I also don't see any harm as long as you are careful.
you don't need to as long as you add the beer to the priming solution, and not the other way around. the racking stirs it up plenty.
you don't need to as long as you add the beer to the priming solution, and not the other way around. the racking stirs it up plenty.
thezepster said:This is what I do. No need to stir. Put the priming liquid in the bottling bucket, put the end of the syphon in the priming liquid, and when it syphons it creates a whirlpool and stirs everything. A spoon doesnt need to be brought into this.
perhaps the inconsistency is coming from the priming medium used. I dissolve the priming sugar in a small amount of liquid before racking onto it, are the 2 or 3 of you that reported always having to stir dissolving, or simply dumping the powder form of priming sugar?
I'd guess a bottle with less carbonation than others might have something to do with a poor seal on the cap than anything else.
Why is this so hard for you to believe?
there must be some factor that is different, whether it's process, ingredients, equipment.
Boiled and cooled in ~ 1pt of water, added to bucket and racked on top of.
I had inconsistent carbonation until I started stirring. Some bottles would be nearly flat, others overcarbed. When I started stirring, the problem went away.
Why is this so hard for you to believe?
Italian benchtop capper. No problem with the seal on my caps.
BTW, been stirring for over 3.5 years (probably ~ 50 all-grain batches) now and not one oxidized bottle.
I boil my sugar in 2 cups of water, put in bucket, siphon beer with hose against the side of the bucket so that I get a good mixing swirl and I've never had problems with uneven carbonation. I'd guess a bottle with less carbonation than others might have something to do with a poor seal on the cap than anything else.
if you don't stir you will go to hell after you die.
To stir or not to stir, that is the question!
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