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Offline Beer Team USA

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Will I make bottle bombs....
« on: July 07, 2022, 07:53:36 am »
I am 3 days from bottling and airlock still showing bubbles every 20 seconds or so.  If the fermentation process continues, should I not add sugar to the bottling bucket to prevent too much pressurization, ie Bottle Bombs?

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Re: Will I make bottle bombs....
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2022, 08:17:47 am »
If there is still fermentation you aren't ready to bottle no matter what a recipe says about a schedule. Check with a hydrometer.
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Re: Will I make bottle bombs....
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2022, 08:41:49 am »
I am 3 days from bottling and airlock still showing bubbles every 20 seconds or so.  If the fermentation process continues, should I not add sugar to the bottling bucket to prevent too much pressurization, ie Bottle Bombs?

Bubbles don't necessarily equate to fermentation. Take a gravity reading.
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Re: Will I make bottle bombs....
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2022, 09:36:22 am »
Take two gravity readings, 3 days or more apart. If gravity drops, it's not ready. (Or if gravity isn't in the expected range on the first sample, it's not ready - don't bother with a second sample yet.)