Urgent Help needed Please........

[WalesAles]

Hello All,
My `OSH` clone has been in the fridge since Sunday.
Sent off for my `HBF` entries yesterday and realised that the bottles have to be Brown.
I put all my beer in a Mini-Keg and clear bottles.
Will it be OK to pour the beer gently back into brown bottles and reseal immediately?
Will I need to add any more priming sugar?
Am I doomed?
All help greatly appreciated.

WA

[orlando]

Hello All,
My `OSH` clone has been in the fridge since Sunday.
Sent off for my `HBF` entries yesterday and realised that the bottles have to be Brown.
I put all my beer in a Mini-Keg and clear bottles.
Will it be OK to pour the beer gently back into brown bottles and reseal immediately?
Will I need to add any more priming sugar?
Am I doomed?
All help greatly appreciated.

WA

You have two problems, oxidation and contamination. You might get away with both, but then again...... If you're quick I think that the conditioning process could scavenge the oxygen and as long as the priming was done evenly, bulk primed with syrup ideally, then I believe you should be OK on those two counts. The big unknown is what is going to happen the moment you open the bottles, chances are some fermentation could have occurred already, in which case foaming is going to be a problem. You only need 2 or 3 bottles so you should get round that. Can I suggest you do your decanting next to a flame, this will provide an updraught and help keep some of the nasties at bay. Proper sanitation at all times hopefully goes without saying. Good luck.

[themadhippy]

cant ya paint the clear bottles brown http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pebeo-Vitrail-S ... aint+brown

[WalesAles]

Thanks for the replies.
I didn`t go for the brown paint option!
Bottles opened with a small hiss, couple of tiny bubbles, no sediment moved. Let`s hope they are ok!

Should these bottles go back in the fridge or the front room?

WA

[orlando]

Thanks for the replies.
I didn`t go for the brown paint option!
Bottles opened with a small hiss, couple of tiny bubbles, no sediment moved. Let`s hope they are ok!

Should these bottles go back in the fridge or the front room?

WA

Have they carbed up properly yet if so fridge if not the front room, assuming it is heated.

[WalesAles]

Thanks for the replies.
I didn`t go for the brown paint option!
Bottles opened with a small hiss, couple of tiny bubbles, no sediment moved. Let`s hope they are ok!

Should these bottles go back in the fridge or the front room?

WA

Have they carbed up properly yet if so fridge if not the front room, assuming it is heated.

orlando,
They have had 2 weeks in the warm front room and 3 days in the fridge.

WA

[orlando]

orlando,
They have had 2 weeks in the warm front room and 3 days in the fridge.

WA

Agh, the refrigeration will have helped to keep them from foaming too badly. What I forgot to mention was refrigerating the transfer bottles would have helped with preventing foaming too, but you obviously coped OK, did you lose much in the transfer? Good luck in the comp.

[WalesAles]

orlando,
They have had 2 weeks in the warm front room and 3 days in the fridge.

WA

Agh, the refrigeration will have helped to keep them from foaming too badly. What I forgot to mention was refrigerating the transfer bottles would have helped with preventing foaming too, but you obviously coped OK, did you lose much in the transfer? Good luck in the comp.

orlando,
I didn`t lose one tiny, little, weensy, weensy drop on transfer!
Lucky me!
Transferred 2 X 330ml bottles as well so that I can have a `Taster` before the comp to see if they are worth taking in.

WA

[Tony1951]

if you keep clear bottles in the dark there will be no problem with them. You don't even need a dark cupboard. just cover them with a towel or something. Beer isn't like vampires - it doesn't turn to dust as soon as the sun shines on it, though in a clear bottle you need to cover it up.

[themadhippy]

if you keep clear bottles in the dark there will be no problem with them

apart from not being allowed to enter the competition

[Colliefish]

As I understand it brown are only used as light effects the beer. Clear bottles in the dark should be absolutely fine.
Bit too late now but just for future reference.
.

[orlando]

orlando,
I didn`t lose one tiny, little, weensy, weensy drop on transfer!
Lucky me!
Transferred 2 X 330ml bottles as well so that I can have a `Taster` before the comp to see if they are worth taking in.

WA

You're a very lucky boy. Which comp is it?

[WalesAles]

orlando,
I didn`t lose one tiny, little, weensy, weensy drop on transfer!
Lucky me!
Transferred 2 X 330ml bottles as well so that I can have a `Taster` before the comp to see if they are worth taking in.

WA

You're a very lucky boy. Which comp is it?

orlando,
The `Home Brew Festival` Market Bosworth of course!
The one that you are not attending, but you are sending in some bottles?

WA

The applause smilies are for the Beer, not the fact that you are not attending!

[orlando]

orlando,
The `Home Brew Festival` Market Bosworth of course!
The one that you are not attending, but you are sending in some bottles?

WA

The applause smilies are for the Beer, not the fact that you are not attending!

Of course.There are a few competitions about, thought it might have been for the Nationals, which I left too late to enter. Should have something for MB though.