The beer foamed when you added your sugar? Are you sure the batch is fully
fermented?
"Jason Torrick" <rex_merdinus@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I find that using prime-tabs or carbonation drops or somesuch works very
> well...if you add the requisite number just before you cap your bottles,[/color]
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> get a nice uniform carbonation throughout the batch
>
> JT
> "Daniel O'Brien" <danielo@bmts.com> wrote in message
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> > Rowan Malin wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > "Daniel O'Brien" <danielo@bmts.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1091833748.330897@Virginia.BMTS.Com...
> > >
> > >>What would cause the beer in the bottling bucket to foam out of[/color][/color][/color]
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> > >>and overflow when pouring in the priming sugar... I think priming each
> > >>bottle is the safest way or what am I doing wrong... it's at 24'c when
> > >>adding the sugar...
> > >>Should I put the priming sugar in first and then syphon the beer on[/color][/color][/color]
top?[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>
> > >>Thanks
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Boil your priming sugar for a few minutes in sufficient water for it[/color][/color][/color]
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> > > dissolve, cool it (i.e. put a lid on the saucepan whilst you're doing[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > rest of the set up), pour it into your bottling bucket, and then rack[/color][/color]
> the[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > beer on top. The action of syphoning will cause everything to mix up[/color][/color]
> nicely[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > so you get equal carbonation for each bottle.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rowan
> > >
> > >[/color]
> > Thanks for the advise, will try that...
> >
> >
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