It’s been a long time since I’ve bottle conditioned beer but needs must and as these were for my son in law I had to bottle. I am aware of the reasons for over carbonation , bottling too early, too much priming sugar and infection etc.
That said I have ruled out infection as the beer tastes fine.
My question is what to do next.
The beer reached FG and was bottled using a beer gun into PET bottles and dosed with a sugar solution ( I suspect too much ) Kept @20°c for 10 days then left in in unheated garage. First sample after 7 days was fine if a little lively but poured well.
Today after a further 3 weeks I noticed one of the bottles had jumped out of the crate and the bottom was split ! Hoping it was a one off I opened another bottle to find a gusher I did manage to save the beer and it tasted great
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The beer is now in a fridge @ 2°c I was thinking that I could vent ? the beer by opening the twist lid and then sealing it up again. Has anyone got first hand knowledge of this ? Or is there a better way ?
That said I have ruled out infection as the beer tastes fine.
My question is what to do next.
The beer reached FG and was bottled using a beer gun into PET bottles and dosed with a sugar solution ( I suspect too much ) Kept @20°c for 10 days then left in in unheated garage. First sample after 7 days was fine if a little lively but poured well.
Today after a further 3 weeks I noticed one of the bottles had jumped out of the crate and the bottom was split ! Hoping it was a one off I opened another bottle to find a gusher I did manage to save the beer and it tasted great
.The beer is now in a fridge @ 2°c I was thinking that I could vent ? the beer by opening the twist lid and then sealing it up again. Has anyone got first hand knowledge of this ? Or is there a better way ?
