I just had a bottle bomb in my kitchen!

[GHW]

How much does a runcible spoon hold?

 

[MyQul]

How much does a runcible spoon hold?

No idea what a runcible spoon is but stop it now before I have to make you drink a litre of trub :nono:

 

[Notlaw]

A runcible spoon @MyQul is basically a spork, like those placcy ones you get in KFC. Runcible my ****... SPORK.!

 

[MyQul]

A runcible spoon @MyQul is basically a spork, like those placcy ones you get in KFC. Runcible my ****... SPORK.!

Thanks Notlaw. I think the last time GHW last used a spork was when he was doing 6 months in wormwood scrubs

 

[dad_of_jon]

you could get something similar to these to avoid over/under priming bottles

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/15637/Colourworks-5-Measuring-Spoons-

also bear in mind UK tea and table spoonmeasure are different in size to US ones

I use a bottling bucket far more consistent results I've heard (not that i've ever bottle primed :grin:)

 

[GHW]

Thanks Notlaw. I think the last time GHW last used a spork was when he was doing 6 months in wormwood scrubs

Not true.

My kids have sporkives. Spoon, fork and knife all in one. Totally pointless.

A runcible spoon is a nonsense term from the poem the owl and the pusscat.

 

[MickDundee]

Someone asked what size is a tea spoon.

Except they didn't

I discovered my "teaspoon" wasn't actually a proper teaspoon, and somebody else posted the official size. At no point did anyone ask the size of a teaspoon!

 

[pms67]

I would consider giving up bottling if I primed each bottle.
I did this twice with Coopers drops on my first two brews then gave up.
I calculate 5 or 6 g per litre depending on style and throw the sugar in 5 mins before bottling, i dont even bother mixing it with boiling water, i havent had any carbing issues, honestly guys its so easy its unreal imo.
Throw the teaspoons away,regardless of size :)

 

[MyQul]

Not true.

My kids have sporkives. Spoon, fork and knife all in one. Totally pointless.

A runcible spoon is a nonsense term from the poem the owl and the pusscat.

I've got one of those I got from a camping shop. I thought it was called a spork though

 

[MyQul]

I calculate 5 or 6 g per litre depending on style and throw the sugar in 5 mins before bottling, i dont even bother mixing it with boiling water,

Does that actually work? I thought all the sugar would just sink you the bottom and you'd get uneven carbing. Do you stir it in at all?

 

[pms67]

Does that actually work? I thought all the sugar would just sink you the bottom and you'd get uneven carbing. Do you stir it in at all?

Nope,i can guarantee it works,well,for me anyway. All my bottles seem evenly primed.
I use brewing sugar,maybe that dissolves quicker than regular sugar?

 

[MyQul]

Nope,i can guarantee it works,well,for me anyway. All my bottles seem evenly primed.
I use brewing sugar,maybe that dissolves quicker than regular sugar?

May be that's it then. Isn't brewing sugar finer than granulated sugar, so perhaps disperses in the beer better and doesnt just sink to the bottom?

 

[pms67]

Must be?
I have done this for ages, although i accept no blame for any flat brews!

 

[pjw]

I'm nervous now as I'm new to this. After bottling is there a certain temperature they should be at? I'm debating where to put them.

Hoping mine goes OK.

 

[MyQul]

I'm nervous now as I'm new to this. After bottling is there a certain temperature they should be at? I'm debating where to put them.

Hoping mine goes OK.

BOTTLE BOMBS!!
Sounds quite dramatic doesnt it. But tbh you don't really need to worry. I've never had one but that's mostly due to the fact I'm not keen on high carbonation. But I still carb my beer to what you would get a pint of ale in the pub at.
As long as you ensure your fermentation is over by taking a consistant hydrometer reading over three consecutive days your good. After a few brews you'll learn to recogise what your brews look like when there finished fermenting and how long you need to leave them to ferment out, on average. So eventually you don't even need to bother doing this (I've havent taken three consecutive hydrometer readings in I can remember how long).

 

[Notlaw]

BOTTLE BOMBS!!
Sounds quite dramatic doesnt it. But tbh you don't really need to worry. I've never had one but that's mostly due to the fact I'm not keen on high carbonation. But I still carb my beer to what you would get a pint of ale in the pub at.
As long as you ensure your fermentation is over by taking a consistant hydrometer reading over three consecutive days your good. After a few brews you'll learn to recogise what your brews look like when there finished fermenting and how long you need to leave them to ferment out, on average. So eventually you don't even need to bother doing this (I've havent taken three consecutive hydrometer readings in I can remember how long).

I've bottled 4 brews now, approaching 100 bottles and none have gone pop yet. Also, 2 of my brews I reckon I over-carbed due to worrying that they wouldn't carb up.! I don't take readings over 3 days, but I leave mine in the fermenter for at least a fortnight. If it's not finished in that time, it probably ain't going to. As long as my FG is lower than the higher end of the predicted FG range, I accept that as finished.

 

[MyQul]

I've bottled 4 brews now, approaching 100 bottles and none have gone pop yet. Also, 2 of my brews I reckon I over-carbed due to worrying that they wouldn't carb up.! I don't take readings over 3 days, but I leave mine in the fermenter for at least a fortnight. If it's not finished in that time, it probably ain't going to. As long as my FG is lower than the higher end of the predicted FG range, I accept that as finished.

I mostly only leave my beers for 10 days in the FV. Just going by experience of many, many brews I know that 10 days enough for my brews.