So I opened the first 5 gal batch I've done, a nice pumpkin spice ale brewed in the middle of November. The flavor turned out really good, although some of the bottles in the batch are very undercarbed while others are just fine. My only guess is that the priming sugar didn't mix evenly in my bottleing bucket.
Anyone have this issue with 5 gal batches? I used the northern brewer pumpkin spice ale kit, with 5oz of priming sugar. Just boiled the water, mixed in the sugar and let it dissolve. After the solution had cooled, I started siphoning the beer into the bottleing bucket and after getting a gallon or so in the bucket I started pouring the sugar solution into the bucket.
The angle that my siphon hose was in the bottom of the bucket caused a decent rotation in the brew, so I figured that it would be sufficient to mix the sugar solution thoroughly into the beer. I'm guessing I was wrong since some of the bottles didn't seem to get enough solution.
Would a few stirs with a sanitized spoon suffice or do y'all have any other suggestions to make sure that the sugar solution is thoroughly mixed? Got to love this learning process, looking forward to brewing the next batch
Anyone have this issue with 5 gal batches? I used the northern brewer pumpkin spice ale kit, with 5oz of priming sugar. Just boiled the water, mixed in the sugar and let it dissolve. After the solution had cooled, I started siphoning the beer into the bottleing bucket and after getting a gallon or so in the bucket I started pouring the sugar solution into the bucket.
The angle that my siphon hose was in the bottom of the bucket caused a decent rotation in the brew, so I figured that it would be sufficient to mix the sugar solution thoroughly into the beer. I'm guessing I was wrong since some of the bottles didn't seem to get enough solution.
Would a few stirs with a sanitized spoon suffice or do y'all have any other suggestions to make sure that the sugar solution is thoroughly mixed? Got to love this learning process, looking forward to brewing the next batch