HeWhoDividedByZero
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I just finished bottling my first ever batch of apple cider. I am using a craft-a-brew kit from Grolsch, and when I made this batch, I only used a half-gallon of raw juice, while the instructions are for a full gallon. However, I forgot this when mixing the priming sugar. The instructions said to use two tablespoons of sugar for a gallon, but I forgot that I had only a half-gallon of cider. Now I have four bottles with double the amount of sugar the instructions called for. This batch has been fermenting for about two months, and I noticed yesterday that there were no longer any bubbles coming up in the fermenting vessel, which to my understanding means the fermentation process was complete. I have not measured the specific gravity of this batch yet because the graduated cylinder I ordered to use my hydrometer has not yet arrived. Should I burp the bottles to prevent them from exploding, or is there a better course of action?