My first batch of beer was a little cidery. I suspect I may have used too
much sugar when bottling. I used 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar in each 32oz PET
bottle; is this right?

The final taste should be the taste of the yeast. If it is fruity, that's
what you should expect. If it is (cidery) sugar , you should have aged it
little more..I use corn sugar during bottling and let it sit 21 days in a
dark place in my house. Did you check final sp gravity before bottling?
Good luck friend.
Sarge/
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> My first batch of beer was a little cidery. I suspect I may have used too
> much sugar when bottling. I used 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar in each 32oz[/color]
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> bottle; is this right?
>
>[/color]

Thanks for the reply. I bottled it after two weeks and used table sugar,
but only gave it a week before tasting it. I'll keep the remaining bottles
in the closet for a few more weeks before trying again.

My other concern was that it was a little flat. I thought the bottling
sugar determined how much carbonation got in there. If I wait longer will
they get more carbonated, or will it be about the same?


"Sarbjit Sikka" <ssikka@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> The final taste should be the taste of the yeast. If it is fruity, that's
> what you should expect. If it is (cidery) sugar , you should have aged it
> little more..I use corn sugar during bottling and let it sit 21 days in a
> dark place in my house. Did you check final sp gravity before bottling?
> Good luck friend.
> Sarge/
> "Erik" <Erik@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> > My first batch of beer was a little cidery. I suspect I may have used[/color][/color]
too[color=blue][color=green]
> > much sugar when bottling. I used 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar in each 32oz[/color]
> PET[color=green]
> > bottle; is this right?
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> >[/color]
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>[/color]

I never used table sugar. One- ->One-n -a-half teaspoon corn sugar in a 22
oz bottle should work .
Leaves 1-2 inches space before capping. Usually the bubble will settle down
leaving some room for carbing of beer.
After capping, leave the beer at room temp for two days.
Age the beer for 21 days in bottles. 68-70 deg temp in the house has
produced excellent results. Over temp will also produce cidery tastes (Just
beware of that (0 0)

Regards,
Sarge/
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> Thanks for the reply. I bottled it after two weeks and used table sugar,
> but only gave it a week before tasting it. I'll keep the remaining[/color]
bottles[color=blue]
> in the closet for a few more weeks before trying again.
>
> My other concern was that it was a little flat. I thought the bottling
> sugar determined how much carbonation got in there. If I wait longer will
> they get more carbonated, or will it be about the same?
>
>
> "Sarbjit Sikka" <ssikka@mn.rr.com> wrote in message
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> > The final taste should be the taste of the yeast. If it is fruity,[/color][/color]
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> > what you should expect. If it is (cidery) sugar , you should have aged[/color][/color]
it[color=blue][color=green]
> > little more..I use corn sugar during bottling and let it sit 21 days in[/color][/color]
a[color=blue][color=green]
> > dark place in my house. Did you check final sp gravity before bottling?
> > Good luck friend.
> > Sarge/
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> > > My first batch of beer was a little cidery. I suspect I may have used[/color][/color]
> too[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > much sugar when bottling. I used 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar in each[/color][/color][/color]
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> > PET[color=darkred]
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Erik wrote:[color=blue]
>
> My first batch of beer was a little cidery. I suspect I may have used too
> much sugar when bottling. I used 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar in each 32oz PET
> bottle; is this right?[/color]

Suagr does not make beer cidery, no matter what the conventioanl wisdom
says....especially the tiny bit from priming. Your cidery flavor is
mOre liekly due to young beer or fermentation issues.

---------->Denny
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Life begins at 60 - 1.060, that is.

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Erik wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Thanks for the reply. I bottled it after two weeks and used table sugar,
> but only gave it a week before tasting it. I'll keep the remaining bottles
> in the closet for a few more weeks before trying again.[/color]

That's at least part of the reason for the taste ans the lack of
carbonation.
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> My other concern was that it was a little flat. I thought the bottling
> sugar determined how much carbonation got in there. If I wait longer will
> they get more carbonated, or will it be about the same?[/color]

The amount of bottling sugar determines it, not the type of sugar. Give
them at least 2 weeks at room temp and they should be carbonated. Also,
in the future, you might consider racking the finished beer to another
container, mix the priming sugar with a cup or so of boiled water and
adding it in bulk the to the container. You'll get more even priming
that way, and it's less hassle. If you haven't already, look at
[url]www.howtobrew.com[/url] for details.

--------->Denny
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