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chips1971 · Nov 23, 2014

is there a thing as too much sugar? Used 2 coopers carb drops in my 500ml bottles...... But ran out on the last 5 bottles so used granulated sugar x2 teaspoonfuls....... Have I trashed these last 5 bottles?!?!?!?!?!?!

now I have the overwhelming urge to drink them(they have only been bottled since Friday teatime.....its now Sunday teatime)

must......forget........about.......the......brew!!!!!!:drink:

johnnyboy1965 · Nov 23, 2014

Yes...2tsp is way to much...you will have bottle bombs. Throw the carb drops away and just use 1/4 - 1/2 tsp per bottle

honeymonster · Nov 23, 2014

I've gone as high as 8g per litre which is about 1 3/4 teaspoons with no I'll effects or bottle bombs.

Are we talking about 2 heaped or 2 flat? That will make a difference.

Edit :- Just reread my post. I'm taking about per litre not per 500ml bottle. You might have a problem. At least it's only 5 bottles!!!!

chips1971 · Nov 23, 2014

was the last 5 and to be fair it was the dregs of the fermenter so probably wont have been that drinkable anyway!! And they are PET so hopefully no exploding bottles

chips1971 · Nov 23, 2014

oh and they were level teaspoons too

honeymonster · Nov 23, 2014

chips1971 said:
was the last 5 and to be fair it was the dregs of the fermenter so probably wont have been that drinkable anyway!! And they are PET so hopefully no exploding bottles

You should be fine if they are PET. They'll just be really fizzy. I had one batch that I obviously didn't stir properly and all the sugar must have ended up in the last bottle (coopers PET) and the bottle got a bit mishapen and swollen but it didn't burst. I wouldn't have thought that only 2 level teaspoons would come close to doing that.

Stash them away as normal. They'll be fine!

dave392 · Nov 23, 2014

I put 2 carbination drops in my 500ml bottles and the are quite flat for me im going to try sugar nxt time

Hopping_Mad · Nov 23, 2014

Get them outside. Hope the cold makes the beer absorb the CO2. It will make the yeast more dormant too. Then serve well chilled and watch out for beer volcanos - open them over the sink!

If they blow, at least it will be in your garage/shed. Do not bring them back in and let them get to room temperature - you will be 'priming' your bombs!!!

chips1971 · Nov 30, 2014

so its been in the warm secondary for 9 days now...... Crash chilled a bottle 20mins in the freezer....... And served in a Stella commercial pub glass (with the bubble maker at the bottom) and for a 'green' brew its nice..... Not to far away from aldi st ettienne continental lager....... And that's after only 9 days mmmmmmm

pms67 · Dec 1, 2014

Looks goodm
Im very thirsty all of a sudden.

BruinTuns · Dec 1, 2014

Hm, reading through this thread I'm getting a tad concerned myself now..
Recently bottled my first finished brew, a Cooper's Stout, and I added a teaspoonful per 500ml, just over level, but when I say a teaspoon I mean quite literally; a fairly shallow one that is used for stirring tea, not a proper measuring spoon..
10l of the stout are in plastic bottles so no worries there, but I also have 18 X 500ml crown capped glass bottles of it to 'lay away'.
If I periodically unscrew a plastic cap to check on it will doing that spoil the contents? Although I guess I'd rather lose a couple of litres than have 18 glass bottles explode on me...

honeymonster · Dec 1, 2014

BruinTuns said:
If I periodically unscrew a plastic cap to check on it will doing that spoil the contents?

Yes, it will. When you open the cap you'll be letting oxygen in which means when you seal it up again it'll only be good for another day or two. If using the same bottle it wont give you a true picture of how the ones that haven't been opened are doing because they'll still be sealed.

Best way to check how they are doing is open one to drink every so often:)

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