Lesson Learned

[Duster]

I bottled up 4 gallon of peach wine this morning, cleaned up the kitchen and put everything away. Then I thought "Hey, I have enough time to bottle a beer kit that has been in the closet for about a month now". Back to the closet, drag everything out, Make a sink full of Iodophore, sanitize everything, get the bottles soaking, rack the beer into the bottling bucket.
It was then that I discovered that I used bottle caps for my last batch of Skeeter Pee so now I only have about 40 on hand. Bummer!

 

[Wade E]

nothing worse then not having enough stuff to do the job!

 

[Rocky]

What did you do, Duster? Put it back in the carboy? Seems like it was that or Party Time!

 

[Duster]

As good as that sounds, I was by myself. If there ever was a day a could drink 5 gallon of beer it that way anymore

 

[JohnT]

Wouldn't 40 caps be enough? If not, you would come very close.

I would cap it and dump the remainer.

 

[Brew and Wine Supply]

Get a corny keg and forget bottling!


Another option is to bottle the 40, put the rest into a 1 gallon jug with an airlock, get more caps and bottle ASAP.

 

[shoebiedoo]

As good as that sounds, I was by myself.

"I know when I drink alone, I PREFER to be by myself"
George Thorogood

 

[Duster]

Sorry, I fat fingered the keys, it's a 6 gallon Muntons Gold kit so I need 62 to 65 caps.
But these responses makes me wonder; I am not normally a beer guy, when I do not have what I need to bottle the wine I leave it sit in the carboy for a while. However I make sure the wine is stabilized, Beer is a bit different, I need the yeasties left alive to carbonate so how long can a beer kit set after fermentation stops and still have enough active yeast to carbonate? Will yeast "Starve to Death" without sugar?
I do have a corny keg, I could fill that and bottle the rest but I do not have a fridge too store it in right now. (The wife tend to frown when I take the milk & eggs out of the kitchen fridge to make room for beer )

 

[DirtyDawg10]

So put the milk and eggs in the vegetable drawer and throw out the vegetables. Beer is pretty much liquid vegetables anyway

 

[Duster]

But these responses makes me wonder; I am not normally a beer guy, when I do not have what I need to bottle the wine I leave it sit in the carboy for a while. However I make sure the wine is stabilized, Beer is a bit different, I need the yeasties left alive to carbonate so how long can a beer kit set after fermentation stops and still have enough active yeast to carbonate? Will yeast "Starve to Death" without sugar?

any answers?

 

[tonyandkory]

The one batch we made sat for a few extra days and still worked just fine