Too much priming sugar? What now?

[silvergti]

So, I made my priming sugar mixture for a five gallon batch, 5oz and 2 cups water.. Siphoned into the mixture and came up to four gallons. I haven't bottled yet, should I:

1. put a lid and airlock on it and let it sit for a bit before bottling? If so how long?
2. Bottle it, let it sit for a week, open them and recap?
3. Add a bit more water?
4. Leave very little head space in the bottle? or will that create bombs?
5. Suck it up and drink some highly carbonated beer?

Thanks all

 

[xjmox14x]

5 oz. in 4 gallons won't be the end of the world I don't believe. What style of beer? I suspect you'll end up being just fine... just fizzier than usual.

 

[sweetcell]

chances are you'll be fine. it'll be more carbonated that if you added it to 5 gals, but should all work out.

in the future, instead of blindly adding whatever amount of sugar someone tells you to, consider weighing it. use an online priming calculator like http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/ or http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html to determine how much sugar to add. "5 oz for 5 gallons" is very generic advice.

 

[silvergti]

Thank you! Now to bottle.

 

[wakeuphicks]

chances are you'll be fine. it'll be more carbonated that if you added it to 5 gals, but should all work out.

in the future, instead of blindly adding whatever amount of sugar someone tells you to, consider weighing it. use an online priming calculator like http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/ or http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html to determine how much sugar to add. "5 oz for 5 gallons" is very generic advice.

on a side note: what do you use to measure oz by weight? just a generic food scale??
Thanks

 

[silvergti]

If you are asking to me: prepackaged five ounce sugar, then weighed with food scale.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Yes, go buy a digital food scale for $20 at target or something. They are good for everything, hops measurements, priming sugar measurements, spice additions...not to mention just general food cooking.

 

[sweetcell]

on a side note: what do you use to measure oz by weight? just a generic food scale??
Thanks

a high-precision scale. this is the one i use: http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-1g-x-2000g-2kg-Digital-Pocket-Scale-DZ-2000-0-1Gram-/320984441157 - cheap and works great (except that one of the battery prongs is bent back a little, problem was solved by using a piece of aluminum foil to bridge the gap).

i can't imagine brewing with this scale: i use it every brew day to measure hops, DME, specialty grains, priming sugar, etc. allows you to buy in bulk, use precise quantities, then save the rest for a future brewing session (just put the perishables in a food saver vacuum bag and throw 'em in the freezer).