Ok to leave beer in primed bottling bucket for a few days?

[duffman2]

Just curious cuz I've done it a couple times now. You know, trying to get a bottling session going and then find out that you don't have time to do it. And the next thing you know it's been 4 days till you can bottle.

But the last time I did this is when I think I ended up with a really bad, possibly infected brew. Not sure here just trying to see if there was anything to it.

 

[Hermit]

Well, the yeast will eat the sugar and throw of the carb levels.

 

[duffman2]

yeah, for the one that I'm talking about it seemed carbonated but the taste has been really bad and it's probably been like 2 or 3 months so far

 

[damnyankee]

If you set it up the Revvy way and place wit up your bottling wand onto your bottling bucket spigot with a short piece of tubing, it'll only take you 15-20 minutes to bottle up your brew...

 

[rpappi]

^^^^ or keg it

 

[HexKrak]

If you've primed, you'll have to wait for it to ferment out completely and prime again. Assuming you've correctly sanitized your bottling bucket there should be no problem with infection.

 

[duffman2]

Ok, but I am asking because I just did this again and have already bottled 47 beers. They were in bottling bucket for around 4 to 5 days with priming sugar and about 1 gram of fresh dry yeast.

Should I reopen all the beers, pour them gently into the bucket and reprime all over again??

 

[duffman2]

And is infection or bad taste a possibility with this situation? Or is this mainly a carbonation situation?

 

[Dogphish]

can i get a link to the explanation of "the revvy way"?

 

[BendBrewer]

Ok, but I am asking because I just did this again and have already bottled 47 beers. They were in bottling bucket for around 4 to 5 days with priming sugar and about 1 gram of fresh dry yeast.

Should I reopen all the beers, pour them gently into the bucket and reprime all over again??

Yeah, they aren't going to carb. To be on the safe side I would return to a sanitized bottling bucket and take a gravity reading. If reading is the same tomorrow, re-prime and bottle. You want to make sure that all of the first priming sugars have been consumed before adding your measured amount.

 

[dvdanny]

If the bottling bucket is closed with a lid you should be fine from infection, it just becomes a secondary. You still need to re-prime though. 4 days, almost all the sugar would have been consumed in a regular gravity brew.

 

[duffman2]

If the bottling bucket is closed with a lid you should be fine from infection, it just becomes a secondary. You still need to re-prime though. 4 days, almost all the sugar would have been consumed in a regular gravity brew.

Yeah, but once again I've already bottled. I could uncap and throw in some more sugar. It'd be easier than pouring back to a bucket and repriming and rebottling if this is what I should do