Hi all,
I'm having concerns about my latest batch of Hefeweizen. It was bottled 5 days ago and seems to be fully carbonated already. The OG was 1048, FG 1014. I thought this was fully attenuated. I primed 15 Litres of beer with 168grams of malt/sugar mix, aiming for carbonation of about 4.0.
I opened one bottle to check the carbonation level, and it's already "fully" carbonated.
Now, I'm speculating that primary fermentation in the bottle takes about 5 or so days, and possibly everything is OK, but I really don't want exploding bottles.
Should I release and recap all the bottles, or will the secondary fermentation over the next two weeks add little further carbonation?
All help appreciated.
Jerb..
I'm having concerns about my latest batch of Hefeweizen. It was bottled 5 days ago and seems to be fully carbonated already. The OG was 1048, FG 1014. I thought this was fully attenuated. I primed 15 Litres of beer with 168grams of malt/sugar mix, aiming for carbonation of about 4.0.
I opened one bottle to check the carbonation level, and it's already "fully" carbonated.
Now, I'm speculating that primary fermentation in the bottle takes about 5 or so days, and possibly everything is OK, but I really don't want exploding bottles.
Should I release and recap all the bottles, or will the secondary fermentation over the next two weeks add little further carbonation?
All help appreciated.
Jerb..