Hi guys, I made a coopers draft lager 5gal on my last batch. Bottled. For some reason when pouring all I'm getting is froth and taken 20 or so minutes to settle. I can only think it's over primed. I was thinking of moving it all over to a pressure keg to see if that helps it settle. Any thoughts?
Over primed bottles.
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Probably hadn't quite finished fermenting when you bottled it. I've done that occasionally - one brew I had to open the bottles on one side of the sink and hold the glass on the other side. The beer made a beautiful arc over the sink and after a bit of practice I could catch most of it in the glass. :lol:
I always check with a hydrometer these days before I bottle. I prime each bottle (1 pint/500ml) with half a level teaspoon of sugar. I guess with batch-priming you could miscalculate and overprime, especially if all the sugar doesn't dissolve so the last few bottles would get it all.
I always check with a hydrometer these days before I bottle. I prime each bottle (1 pint/500ml) with half a level teaspoon of sugar. I guess with batch-priming you could miscalculate and overprime, especially if all the sugar doesn't dissolve so the last few bottles would get it all.
the_kitchen_brewer
Junior Member
Been there, done that!
As others have said, it probably hadn't finished fermenting. Kit instructions usually err on the optimistic side in their timings - best to leave it a few more days.
If you've used glass bottles then be careful - I had a batch like that, and one exploded making a dent in my sister-in-law's ceiling, fortunately nobody was in the path of the flying glass, but she was finding bits for ages afterwards!
With benefit of hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to shake about over-primed beer in a car for over an hour!
However, a second one exploded - just sitting in the shed minding it's own business.
I've never tried bottling a lager, but popular wisdom says that barrels aren't good for lager as they can't hold enough pressure (it shouldn't explode as they have pressure relief valves - but your lager will be a bit flat, more like an ale).
beerhunter
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Baldrick wrote a poem about over-priming.
boom boom boom boom...........................................boom
boom boom boom boom...........................................boom
Probably worth a try. If I were you I'd put the bottles in a really cold fridge first for a few hours as this will reduce the amount of foaming. Take care tipping them into the keg though as the less air mixed up with the beer the better. You'll also need to re-prime though I've no idea how much sugar you'd use. If you've got a CO2 connection though you could just pressurise with that.
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