bobbycheetah
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Hi. Sorry this is so long winded, but I wanted to be thorough with my explanation. I've been brewing for years and have not had this issue before.
Bottling day. Prepare priming sugar solution, let it cool a bit, then pour into bottling bucket (sanitized of course - not going to mention sanitization for the rest of this story). Prepare other bottling gear, take FG reading/sample (expected results were achieved. Sample had no sweetness. This was a standard creme ale that I've brewed many times. Xfer beer from fermenter via gravity/siphon to bottling bucket. Complete the bottling process (all 22 oz glass bottles) with the very last bottle being a 12 oz. After this, i still had just under a pint leftover, which i just pour into a glass and drink it. That last glass of beer was super sweet. In my experience, the xfer from fermenter to bottling bucket via siphon was sufficient for mixing in the priming solution naturally - but evidently not? 2 weeks go by, and i decided to open the 12 oz bottle. It was a volcano, WAY too much carb. After pouring and letting it settle down, the taste was very sweet (undrinkable - like my sample on bottling day). So then, I opened a 22 oz, no carb at all. At this point i don't care how this all came to be, but, instead of dumping the batch, I am thinking about: Opening all the bottles and pouring into a bucket, then gently transfer to keg, OR opening the bottles into a bottling bucket, add priming solution (stir well), and re-bottle using the same bottles - because they'll still be sanitized. Regardless, oxygenation is going to be a factor and it is what it is - right? I just wanted to post/vent here and see what y'all think. Thanks for listening!
Bottling day. Prepare priming sugar solution, let it cool a bit, then pour into bottling bucket (sanitized of course - not going to mention sanitization for the rest of this story). Prepare other bottling gear, take FG reading/sample (expected results were achieved. Sample had no sweetness. This was a standard creme ale that I've brewed many times. Xfer beer from fermenter via gravity/siphon to bottling bucket. Complete the bottling process (all 22 oz glass bottles) with the very last bottle being a 12 oz. After this, i still had just under a pint leftover, which i just pour into a glass and drink it. That last glass of beer was super sweet. In my experience, the xfer from fermenter to bottling bucket via siphon was sufficient for mixing in the priming solution naturally - but evidently not? 2 weeks go by, and i decided to open the 12 oz bottle. It was a volcano, WAY too much carb. After pouring and letting it settle down, the taste was very sweet (undrinkable - like my sample on bottling day). So then, I opened a 22 oz, no carb at all. At this point i don't care how this all came to be, but, instead of dumping the batch, I am thinking about: Opening all the bottles and pouring into a bucket, then gently transfer to keg, OR opening the bottles into a bottling bucket, add priming solution (stir well), and re-bottle using the same bottles - because they'll still be sanitized. Regardless, oxygenation is going to be a factor and it is what it is - right? I just wanted to post/vent here and see what y'all think. Thanks for listening!