Uniform Carbonation in Bottling

[beerjunky828]

I have only bottled my homebrews before. All of them. And I have noticed in all of my batches that some bottles are overcarbed, some are undercarbed, and some are PERFECT. I have not had a bottle explode but I have had a few overflow. How do you obtain a uniform carbonation among all bottled beer using corn sugar as a primer??

When I bottle I weigh out about 140 g of corn sugar, boil a cup of water, let it cool and then add it to the beer and let sit for about 30 mins.

Should I be aerating to mix the sugar in?? I thought I read somewhere that agitating beer after fermentation is frowned upon.

thanks

 

[Revvy]

Patience.....that's all I've ever needed....they all carb up evenly eventually...some bottles may for whatever reason (temp most likely) may need a bit longer...but since I wait 3 weeks minimum before I crack a bottle (IF they are stored at 70 degrees) inconsistant carbonation is rarely a problem.

 

[beerjunky828]

Patience is my enemy. When I will bottle this next batch and i will forget about it for 3 weeks and then consume. I generally just dump the primer into the carboy before bottling. Should I give it a gentle shake? Or should the beer be transferred onto the sugar water before bottling?? I would assume this brings in another element of possible contamination.

 

[tom777]

racking the beer onto the priming sugar solution in the bottling bucket is a common practice. That's what I do and it seems to work well as my carbonation is very consistent across each bottle within a batch

 

[944play]

How do you obtain a uniform carbonation among all bottled beer using corn sugar as a primer??

I use a keg as a bottling bucket. If you don't have a keg, definitely rack the beer onto the priming solution. It's basically syrup, which will just sink to the bottom of the bucket if you don't get it blended.

Should I be aerating to mix the sugar in??

Sweet lord no! A gentle stir with your racking cane should do the trick.

 

[Marko73]

+1 tom777. I put the sugar solution on the bottle of my bottling bucking and gently and slowly rack the wort into that mixture. It takes about 20 minutes, but I have not had any issues with inconsistent carbing so far.