Overfilled Primary

[Crosley623]

So as I started buying more and more plastic jugs for primaries and bottling buckets. I was bottling a batch tonight and realized that I must have bought 2 different sized buckets, my mistake is that I must have overfilled my previous batch that is in the primary right now. One of my buckets is 5 gallons and others are 6 gallons to the bottom of the lower rim. I ran down to the basement to see how much extra water I added and I royally screwed up. So since I ended up filling the bucket up to the 6 gallon mark is the beer totally ruined. I don't want to go through the pain of bottling if it's not going to be drinkable.

Any thoughts, any please tell me someone else has done this before!!

 

[unionrdr]

It depends on the kit. Most are 5 gallons. Cooper's are 6 gallons,or 23L. Even if it was a 5G brew,it won't be too bad,just a little lighter. Chalk it up as lesson learned. It might be the same as a session beer all said & done. Keep at it & see how it turns out.

 

[Daybis]

What style of beer is in the fermenter? I would say your beer is probably fine. Might be a little watered down, but it will still be beer. I once had a buddy who brewed a black IPA and his wort chiller leaked about a gallon of water into his kettle before he was done cooling. It watered down his beer, but it still turned out great. I would honestly just let it go, bottle it up, and see how it tastes.

 

[Crosley623]

It's a witbier recipe and I was aiming for the 5 gallon mark. I guess it's just going to be a light, thin, low ABV beer for the hot days. Well the good news is that I'm not a fan of witbiers, I brewed this one for my wife who's not a huge beer drinker.

 

[jmprdood]

Did you take any hydrometer readings? That'll give you an idea where it is compared to the expected OG/FG