Will I be wearing my beer? FG 1018

[ezra]

Hi Guys,


After bottling my mild ale, I took a gravity reading of what was left at the bottom of the bucket. A reading of 1018.Too high. I thought it was 1010 like last time but a variable must of changed. Will my beer be overcarbonated and spray me in 2 weeks?

I really need to buy a beer-theif(for ease of measuremeant) and start force carbonating( I hate guessing games).
Thanks

[corkybstewart]

What was left at the bottom is irrelevant. The only measurement that matters is from the whole batch. The bottom of the bucket will have more solids(trub, yeast debris, hops debris) than the liquid part of the beer so ignore whatever reading you got off the bottom.
Will your bottles explode? I doubt it, but maybe trash can conditioning is a good idea.

[Halgarmeister]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
I doubt it, but maybe trash can conditioning is a good idea.

Is that anything like beechwood aging? LOL :p J/K

I'd have to agree. I put my bottles back into their case and close the lid. This is partly to keep them in a dark place, and partly to contain them should one decide to detonate. The plus side is that because the case is sectioned for bottles, one can pop without breaking/damaging the others, and that has happened once.

My sister had brewed a batch of rootbeer that got out of hand and detonated. These had been put into a rubbermaid storage bin, without separators and when one detonated, it shattered all the others, which blew a hole in the lid and put a river of rootbeer across my garage floor. It was fun cleaning up all the glass and sticky from that mess... NOT!!

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Halgarmeister
My sister had brewed a batch of rootbeer that got out of hand and detonated. These had been put into a rubbermaid storage bin, without separators and when one detonated, it shattered all the others, which blew a hole in the lid and put a river of rootbeer across my garage floor. It was fun cleaning up all the glass and sticky from that mess... NOT!!

Good god.....maybe we should be shipping that to the Iraq insurgents? A 'gift' from us....

[wortchillergoal]

I over primed a batch one time. I checked the tightness of a beer I knew to be ok by feeling the pressure on the lid with my finger. Then I felt the just capped over primed beer. I kept poking the caps until I felt some pressure behind them. I them took the caps off and recapped. That procedure worked fine.

[ezra]

Originally posted by corkybstewart
The bottom of the bucket will have more solids(trub, yeast debris, hops debris) than the liquid part of the beer so ignore whatever reading you got off the bottom.


So the best way to measure is with a beer-thief from a carboy which has remained undisturbed for atleast 12 hours?

[HogieWan]

even with suspended solids, it won't change the SG. If that was the case, putting the hydrometer in the liquid would change the gravity.

[Mill Rat]

Originally posted by Boerne Brew
Good god.....maybe we should be shipping that to the Iraq insurgents? A 'gift' from us....
Would those be FEDs or HEDs? Fermented or Homebrewed Explosive Devices?

[Halgarmeister]

FPG - Ferment Propelled Grenade... :D

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Halgarmeister
FPG - Ferment Propelled Grenade... :D

Well, as a bottle grenade, there would be no pin to pull, just shake and toss.....