I'm bottle a stout tonight. The hydrometer has been at 1006 for the last two days so assuming it is 1006 tonight then I will bottle. I've bottled in to PET bottles before and done one beer in to a plastic pressure barrel but I have never used glass bottle for beer and I'm a bit nervous.
If I add 85 grams of sugar to my secondary fermenter where the stout is now and then bottle is it still possible to end up with exploding bottles? (The Mrs is still angry about the plastic barrel leaking, I can't imagine how she's be if we end up picking pieces of glass out of the walls, the ceiling,the kids etc)
A few other questions:
Should I add the sugar (granulated) straight to the fermenter or make a sugar syrup?
How long between adding the sugar and bottling should I wait?
Do you fill all bottles and then cap or bottle then cap individually?
Thanks in advance
If I add 85 grams of sugar to my secondary fermenter where the stout is now and then bottle is it still possible to end up with exploding bottles? (The Mrs is still angry about the plastic barrel leaking, I can't imagine how she's be if we end up picking pieces of glass out of the walls, the ceiling,the kids etc)
A few other questions:
Should I add the sugar (granulated) straight to the fermenter or make a sugar syrup?
How long between adding the sugar and bottling should I wait?
Do you fill all bottles and then cap or bottle then cap individually?
Thanks in advance
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