Sierra Pale Ale clone in the bucket

[snowcapt]

hey Fremont. Do you live anywhere near a troll that lives uner a bridge?

[BDawg]

That's awesome. Congrats!

[Fremont Brewer]

hey Fremont. Do you live anywhere near a troll that lives uner a bridge?

I don't get your question, SnowCapt.

[snowcapt]

hey Fremont. Do you live anywhere near a troll that lives uner a bridge?

I don't get your question, SnowCapt.

I was just wondering if you lived in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Big bridge, big troll statue under the bridge

[Fremont Brewer]

hey Fremont. Do you live anywhere near a troll that lives uner a bridge?

I don't get your question, SnowCapt.

I was just wondering if you lived in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Big bridge, big troll statue under the bridge

Oh no, sorry. CA. here

[jimlin]

unfortunately, I am running hit or miss with my Sierra clone. Some bottles are carbonated much more than others. I don't understand, considering that I batch primed with corn sugar into a bottling bucket. I boiled the corn sugar, cooled it in an ice bath, and added it to the bottling bucket as I began the siphon from the fermenting bucket to the bottling. I though it would mix evenly, considering I added it early, and the siphon would mix it all as it gathered in the bottling bucket. But I clearly have some bottles that are more carbed (and seemingly hoppier too).

For the next batch, I intended to do the same batch priming process. Shouldn't the corn sugar be mixing pretty evenly given the method?

[LukeD23]

I would say dont chill the priming sugar down to much. If you are adding one cup of 150 degree liquid to 5 gallons of beer you wont hurt the beer. It will help it get dissolved into the beer as well. The extra hoppyness you are getting is probably just the bubbles pushing out the aromatics. Hope it works for you next time!

[jimlin]

I would say dont chill the priming sugar down to much. If you are adding one cup of 150 degree liquid to 5 gallons of beer you wont hurt the beer. It will help it get dissolved into the beer as well. The extra hoppyness you are getting is probably just the bubbles pushing out the aromatics. Hope it works for you next time!

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I cooled it down closer to fermenting temp so that's a big difference between that and the 150. I'll try not cooling as much next time.