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Spot on wbosher, so sweet! chilled a couple in fridge this arvo and just trying now, got plenty of fizz. Might just call it a lost coarse, but learnt a few things in the process.

if I leave them in the fridge for long enough will the flavour and fizz still improve, even know the fermentation has stopped?

Thanks for the info mate, really appreciated. Like I said before, first batch and there is always a learning curve, ill learn from my mistakes and get it right next time. Now comes the hurdle of finding fridge space. Ill keep you posted on how it goes, cheers.

Bottle Bomb, just out of interest, what gives first? The cap or glass?

Hey Bum, so your saying forget even bothering to try and force ferment, unseal/recap etc? and just chuck straight in the fridge and drink? (1) What is the sole purpose of the 4 weeks sitting in shed? is it just carbonation? or for flavour as well? (personally the one I have tested already was...

Thanks Alex, Yeah im not getting the point of a forced fermentation? to see what the FG will get down to? That still will not solve my problem of Bottle Bombs any second now, haha.

Found this over at home brewtalk.com with pretty much the exact same problem, and this was someones solution: "I would let them carb for one week. Chill one bottle for 48 hours, and sample. Check for overall carb level and gushers. Remember that it is normal for young beer to act like a gusher...

I've read up about people bottling at 1.020 and having no problem, is there any chance/hope that they could be fine? Im located in Tasmania, the temperature down here really isn't that warm in the shed, or are they still going to keep fermenting regardless?

Cheers, Ill look into the forced fermentation test, I did give the hydrometer a spin to make sure the no bubbles, and its sitting a news dick below 1.030. Its only been bottled for 1-2 days, yes there was a bit of carbonation when I opened the bottle.

SG is at 1.000 in water at 20deg so it is correctly calibrated, Cheers, S

Stubbies, 375mm, the guy at the home brew store gave me a little red measuring device, small scoop for stubbies, bigger scoop for long necks, that picture of measurement was taken just before bottling, also took a bottle out of shed this morning and measured and gave the same reading. Cheers

Ill check that now robbo, (the answers no by the way) :S

Thats what Im thinking (now I actually read up about it) whats my options? can it be added back into the fermenter and keep the ball rolling?

Hey Crew, So I’ve just bottled my first batch of Ginger Beer using a Copper Tun kit. To get straight to the point, I’ve just realised I think I’ve bottled with the SG to high? My reading was stable for 2 days through day 8 -9 at what I can read as 1.030, (see attachment) from reading further...

Sure did, stayed stable for 2 days? So hopefully I'm on the right track :S

Just out together my first batch of Ginger beer using a Copper Tun ginger beer kit, added extras included; -An extra .5kg of Raw Sugar on top of the sugested 1.5kg. -Half a cup of fresh grated ginger boiled in 1ltr of water along with a handful of thyme chopped up. Boiled mix was added after 6...