Sammus
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I'm just about to bottle for the first time in quite a while. It's an English ale so I'm thinking about 1.7 Volumes of CO2.
I'm a little confused though, according to the calculators I've tried, I usually get told to use around 95g of dextrose for my 30L. Firstly, that seems a little low since the 'standard' is 180g for a 23L batch... Secondly, I just realised they take into account residual CO2 from fermentation, and I've been swirling mine every now and then for the past week or so in an effort to make sure no diacetyl makes it into the bottles (damn WY1968) - in the process I imagine I also expelled a lot of CO2... now I'm at a loss what to do? anyone have any advice?
S
I'm a little confused though, according to the calculators I've tried, I usually get told to use around 95g of dextrose for my 30L. Firstly, that seems a little low since the 'standard' is 180g for a 23L batch... Secondly, I just realised they take into account residual CO2 from fermentation, and I've been swirling mine every now and then for the past week or so in an effort to make sure no diacetyl makes it into the bottles (damn WY1968) - in the process I imagine I also expelled a lot of CO2... now I'm at a loss what to do? anyone have any advice?
S