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I am using PET 3 liter bottles, if the presure seems to high can they be burpted?
James:
I don't see why not, although you might experience a bit of foaming if they aren't cold. You can probably crack the screw top a bit to release pressure, and watch that they don't foam too much. Chilling them down to the 30's will help keep that to a minimum. Another solution is to be a bit more dilligent in not bottling before the fermentation is complete and then measuring out your priming sugar more carefully. If you put the sugar directly in the bottles that could be part of the problem. I mix up a simple syrup of equal parts of water and sugar: 3/4 of a cup and boil it. Let it cool then mix in to the beer in a 5 gal bucket before I put into bottles.
This assures an equal distribution of the sugar into the flat beer.
Keith
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| Comment | Thank you for the information, this is only my third batch and the first that was not a kit. I tasted it before bottling and I think it will turn out to be a good one. | ||
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Keith Patton
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I have been home brewing 21 years. I followed the traditional path from kit to extract to all grain and undoubtably experience all the typical problems. I can answer questions on home Brewing Techniques, all grain, partial mash and extract brews, formulating recipes, cloning commercial beers, kegging, bottling, home brew equipment, clarifying, trouble shooting beer and conducting tastings. I have brewed just about every style imaginable.
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I have home brewed for 21 years. I owned my own beer pub for 5 years. I lived in Munich, Germany for 3 years. I host a brew club at work with 10 member brewers as well a participate in another club with over 50 members. I have a all stainless steel single tier 15 gallon RIMS system.
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American Home Brewer's Association
Cane Island Alers home brew club
Seismic Micro Brewers home brew club
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MS in geology with experience in water chemistry. I have lived abroad and have been exposed to a number of beer drinking cultures.
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