First mistake and a question about a concern, please.
A few days into fermentation, I was doing some more reading and noticed a mistake. For a 2 gallon brew, only half a packet of the SafAle S-04 is required for that volume. I used an entire packet of the 11.5 gram size. So, just a heads up in the slim chance that any other rookie sees this thread.
I hope it doesn't cause too much trouble. I read that it could make the beer taste yeasty. However, I bottled this evening and quite enjoyed the flavor.
Side note. I can see why people either do a 2nd fermentation or use a bottling bucket. There IS a base pocket in the 2 gallon Mr. Beer keg to house the bits so that you can dispense via the keg cleanly. However (and perhaps because I used the entire packet of yeast) the amount of sludge at the bottom was a large amount. It clogged the spout at one point and also wastes a bit of beer because the last of the liquid is so sludged up.
My concern is this.... Of course, AFTER bottling (18 days of fermenting), I discovered a priming sugar calculator. I also learned that fermenting at colder temps would require less sugar because perhaps all of the sugars would not have been fermented out.
I used the required amount of carb drops from Mr. Beer. 1-1/2 sucrose carb drops (or 1-1/2 tsp) per 22 ounces of beer. I think they suggested fermenting at 68-72F or something like that.
Via a calculator, it suggest just under 1 tsp per 22 ounces for my fermentation temp of 62F.
Should I be anticipating gushers or explosions?