I recently brewed a wheat beer which finished at 1.005 (stable over 3 days) so I bottled it yesterday with one teaspoon of sugar per 500ml bottle. I left it in my brew fridge at 20 degrees and checked today and, judging by the hardness of the 2 PET bottles I use for testing purposes, it's completely primed.
Has anyone else had bottles ready to go this quick?
Bottles Primed in 24 Hours?
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Re: Bottles Primed in 24 Hours?
They are not 'ready to go' yet. While the yeast may metabolise sugar quickly, that CO2 needs time to get into solution.
Also a teaspoon is a lot- those bottles could be firm, but there is still plenty sugar left.
Also a teaspoon is a lot- those bottles could be firm, but there is still plenty sugar left.
Re: Bottles Primed in 24 Hours?
Yeah, bad choice of words, I won't be cracking one open just yet!TheSumOfAllBeers wrote:They are not 'ready to go' yet. While the yeast may metabolise sugar quickly, that CO2 needs time to get into solution.
Also a teaspoon is a lot- those bottles could be firm, but there is still plenty sugar left.
Still, I have never had the bottles feeling firm as quick as that, it's usually 4 days in when it starts to feel like something's happening. I'll leave them for the usual week or so to give them time to finish.