bottleing mistakes

[chorley]

I bottled my first batch sat night (didnt go well)
Checked the bottles and the sugar hasnt dissolved
any idea what i done wrong.
also on my next batch im going use a extra bucket to prime the batch before bottleing can i add my beer finnins at same time as the sugar

 

[Hobbins]

I'm no expert but... perhaps leave them in a warm place for a week. Tip upside down a couple of times a day and then put them in a cool/cold place to condition. Should be OK I reckon.

 

[bottler]

I bottled my first batch sat night (didnt go well)
Checked the bottles and the sugar hasnt dissolved
any idea what i done wrong.
also on my next batch im going use a extra bucket to prime the batch before bottleing can i add my beer finnins at same time as the sugar

How do you know sugar hasnt dissolved, in such a short time?

 

[chorley]

I can see the sugar on the bottom of the bottle
have turned the bottles a couple of times and going to keep turning em and leave in a warm place a bit longer and just hope its at least drinkable.
dont like flat beer though

 

[alanywiseman.]

Could it not be sediment?

 

[chorley]

Sediment aint that bad

 

[wilsoa1111]

darn, live and learn eh-nxt time make a suagr syrup up-even has the advantage of sterilising sugar and brings brew up to fermenting temp again-btw bit of persistence and half a tsp of sugar will eventually dissolve in a pint-if added more unless its a lager should be interesting....and yeah a bottling bucket is superb-did one brew with a syringe and got a bit annoying-also gd is a siphon with a tap on one end-bottling tkes a wee bit longer but im much less stressed and sticky by the end

 

[ish1349]

It's either sediment it like you say sugar. When you bottled, did you put the sugar in the bottle before the liquid? I usually fill all the bottles, line them up and put the sugar in 1 by1 and when capped or swing top on I shake the bottle a bit to make sure the sugar has mixed in.

Hope that helps. Cheers. :thumb:

 

[jarenault]

It's extreeeeeeemely unlikely that the sugar won't dissolve. Almost defying-the-laws-of-nature unlikely. Sugar is very highly soluble in aqueous media (e.g. beer). Are you absolutely sure it's not sediment? If you are, make sure you invert the bottles a few times.

I guess sugar might not dissolve if the beer's gravity is stupidly high, but you'd have had to have done something way, way wrong for it to be that high.

 

[ish1349]

I'm going to definitely go with its the sediment.

 

[BrewDan]

Leave them in a warm place for a while, or if you're really impatient , open a bottle. If there is a fizz, then you know it's carbonated and its sediment you have at the bottom of the bottles. I usually leave mine for at least 4 weeks before going anywhere near them

 

[ish1349]

Leave them in a warm place for a while, or if you're really impatient , open a bottle. If there is a fizz, then you know it's carbonated and its sediment you have at the bottom of the bottles. I usually leave mine for at least 4 weeks before going anywhere near them

:thumb:

 

[klaus]

FWIW, when I bottle I just add the required amount into the bottle, when I start filling give it a quick shake that's all. Also, after I capped the bottles I turn them up-side down (more to check for leaks) which also spreads the sugar. Never check whether sugar is actually dissolved. 99.99% of my bottles have been well carbonated.
I also leave the bottles for a minimum of two/three weeks - move them straight to under-stairs which is about 16C most of the time.

 

[mak]

Good luck! sounds like sediment to me!

 

[PD]

Next time try and make sure your beer is clean and bright before bottling....then there is less sediment to drop out in the bottle