Epiphanic
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So I was bottling my raspberry half of the saison when I decided to crack open a bottle of the regular half of the same batch that had been bottled for 3 weeks. I did this to check the carbonation because I was slightly worried that I put too much priming sugar in at bottling. This is the third time I've brewed this saison and each time I've primed with 2.5 oz. for each half batch (~2.5 gallons) of sugar and they've come out fantastic each time. And this time is no different. It pours beautifully and tastes wonderful.
What's a little confusing is that my previous batch was a pale ale that I primed with 3.7 oz. for the full 5 gallons foams up like the dickens when you pour it. It doesn't gush up when you open it, but if you open a bottle and you let it sit for a while some head might creep slowly out of the bottle after a few minutes. I used less sugar with the pale ale so I don't know why it'd be so much more volitile.
Reading some of the other overcarbonation threads suggest that I may have not allowed the pale ale to completely ferment out prior to bottling, but I doubt it as the final gravity was stable for the two weeks before bottling and it was sitting the fermenter for about 5 weeks total.
It may be just a one off thing. I just thought it was strange enough to share.
What's a little confusing is that my previous batch was a pale ale that I primed with 3.7 oz. for the full 5 gallons foams up like the dickens when you pour it. It doesn't gush up when you open it, but if you open a bottle and you let it sit for a while some head might creep slowly out of the bottle after a few minutes. I used less sugar with the pale ale so I don't know why it'd be so much more volitile.
Reading some of the other overcarbonation threads suggest that I may have not allowed the pale ale to completely ferment out prior to bottling, but I doubt it as the final gravity was stable for the two weeks before bottling and it was sitting the fermenter for about 5 weeks total.
It may be just a one off thing. I just thought it was strange enough to share.