Hello All,
Just started brewing last month and definitely have the bug. GF and I are 2 batches in and are preparing to brew a third next week. I just opened up our first batch brewed on Aug 17th which was an extract with specialty grain smokey porter kit. As soon as I popped the cap, I realized I had under carbed it. It was still decently good, especially for being our first one but I was slightly bummed. I guess I had erred way too much on the safe side for fear of exploding bottles.
I calculated out 4 gallons beings stored at 72 for a CO2 volume of 2.1. I let it sit in the closet for just 2 weeks. After I was done bottling, it looks like I had about 4.2 gallons and my house was actually more like 80 the whole time so based on BeerSmith I missed my sugar amount by 10 grams. (I hit my SG and FG on the nose and had it fermenting at a constant 68 degrees in a temp controlled kegerator for 2 weeks if that helps my questions below)
My question is can I still get this carbonated?
If so, I used 24 bombers so it wouldn’t be that bad to pop each open and adjust.
Could I just add .43 grams of priming sugar to each one and recap or would I need to make a sugar water solution and divide it into the remaining 23 bombers?
Could I also use conditioning tablets? If so, how many should I use for each bomber?
Should I let them sit the additional time in the closet or add sugar, cap and put in fridge?
How long would I need to wait…another week?
Thanks! Love the info i have gathered from this site so far!