I've brewed 10+ partial extract homebrews over the past year, and all have turned out great - but I think I may have made my first mistake with this last batch. Here's what happened:
I brewed 5 gallons of an American Wheat (Simply Beer from Midwest Supplies). After about two weeks in the bucket, I decided to add some fresh watermelon juice.
I ended up juicing the innards of an entire watermelon - pretty good size, too. I'd say medium to medium-large. I added all that juice to the bucket. It raised the volume by probably almost a gallon.
After about a month in the bucket, I decided to bottle. HERE is where I think I fouled up: I added the priming sugar to my bottling bucket, but I didn't take into account that extra volume of liquid.
My question: will my bottles now be under-carbed? This batch ended up producing about 7 (22oz) bottles worth of beer more than my usual batches - it was A LOT of extra beer.
They should be ready to drink in a few days. I just wanna know if I totally screwed this up, and if so, if they're somehow salvageable.
Thanks!
I brewed 5 gallons of an American Wheat (Simply Beer from Midwest Supplies). After about two weeks in the bucket, I decided to add some fresh watermelon juice.
I ended up juicing the innards of an entire watermelon - pretty good size, too. I'd say medium to medium-large. I added all that juice to the bucket. It raised the volume by probably almost a gallon.
After about a month in the bucket, I decided to bottle. HERE is where I think I fouled up: I added the priming sugar to my bottling bucket, but I didn't take into account that extra volume of liquid.
My question: will my bottles now be under-carbed? This batch ended up producing about 7 (22oz) bottles worth of beer more than my usual batches - it was A LOT of extra beer.
They should be ready to drink in a few days. I just wanna know if I totally screwed this up, and if so, if they're somehow salvageable.
Thanks!
