Hey there!
I recently made a big batch of beer and had 500g of dark spray malt left over. So, i thought i might as well make a small batch to use it up.
I added 1 can (454g) of black treacle and the spray malt to a few litres of water and had a hop bag with my leftover hops in there boiling away. However i accidentally put 500g of dark muscovado sugar into the mix thinking i had planned it (using beersmith 2) but i had not! Beersmith now says the beer will end up around 14% alcohol :S
the mix is now 5 litres in a 5litre plastic demijohn.
My question is, how long should i leave this before bottling? i don't want to have a gusher or bottle bomb but unfortunately i only have another 9 days before i have to leave to visit my parents.
Should i simply bottle after 8 days and hope for the best? or wait until i return (Just over a month) before bottling?
P.S. I am using s-05 yeast for the first few days until it stops due to high alcohol then adding part of a sachet of champagne yeast to get it to finish.
P.S.S yes, the fermentation atm is very violent, it is in a plastic demijohn and treacle coloured foam is forcing its way out of the airlock and looks like it just ate a lot of expired chilli if you know what i mean...
I recently made a big batch of beer and had 500g of dark spray malt left over. So, i thought i might as well make a small batch to use it up.
I added 1 can (454g) of black treacle and the spray malt to a few litres of water and had a hop bag with my leftover hops in there boiling away. However i accidentally put 500g of dark muscovado sugar into the mix thinking i had planned it (using beersmith 2) but i had not! Beersmith now says the beer will end up around 14% alcohol :S
the mix is now 5 litres in a 5litre plastic demijohn.
My question is, how long should i leave this before bottling? i don't want to have a gusher or bottle bomb but unfortunately i only have another 9 days before i have to leave to visit my parents.
Should i simply bottle after 8 days and hope for the best? or wait until i return (Just over a month) before bottling?
P.S. I am using s-05 yeast for the first few days until it stops due to high alcohol then adding part of a sachet of champagne yeast to get it to finish.
P.S.S yes, the fermentation atm is very violent, it is in a plastic demijohn and treacle coloured foam is forcing its way out of the airlock and looks like it just ate a lot of expired chilli if you know what i mean...
