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I recently put down my 2nd brew, a Coopers Pale Ale, using Kit, 1kg BE2 & Safale USo5( or US56) rehydrated, (Please see my post on Carbonation drops)..
Fermenting nicely at 18 deg..Ill leave in primary for 2 weeks or so(or untill I get a stable reading) & was planning 2 prime using carb drops in glass tallies, but found them a bit gassy ( or coke like feel in the mouth) on my last batch using Pet Bottles.
After a bit of reading, a few late nites studying & replies to my last post, I found that bulk priming is the way to go & thought Id give it my 1st crack!!!.. Ive never done it b4 & dont have a 2nd fermenter or bottling bucket to transfer too, but a couple of replies on my last post suggest that I can bulk prime in the fermenter( once fermented out), by boiling up some Dextrose in boiling water, cooling, stirring in gently, letting sit or settle for half hr. or so, & then bottling... does this affect beer by opening fermenter???
I followed the link on this site to the Essential Guide 2 Bulk Priming, & found a table 2 use as a guide, It suggests to boil between 90-140g of dex into 200ml of water, cool then add 2 wort...
Is there much difference in the outcome between 90g-140g of Dex??? as I dont want bottle bombs & would like 2 know how much to use..Ive filled fermenter to about 21 or so litres( or just under the 23ltrs) roughly),if this helps...
Any advice welcome!!! :chug:
Fermenting nicely at 18 deg..Ill leave in primary for 2 weeks or so(or untill I get a stable reading) & was planning 2 prime using carb drops in glass tallies, but found them a bit gassy ( or coke like feel in the mouth) on my last batch using Pet Bottles.
After a bit of reading, a few late nites studying & replies to my last post, I found that bulk priming is the way to go & thought Id give it my 1st crack!!!.. Ive never done it b4 & dont have a 2nd fermenter or bottling bucket to transfer too, but a couple of replies on my last post suggest that I can bulk prime in the fermenter( once fermented out), by boiling up some Dextrose in boiling water, cooling, stirring in gently, letting sit or settle for half hr. or so, & then bottling... does this affect beer by opening fermenter???
I followed the link on this site to the Essential Guide 2 Bulk Priming, & found a table 2 use as a guide, It suggests to boil between 90-140g of dex into 200ml of water, cool then add 2 wort...
Is there much difference in the outcome between 90g-140g of Dex??? as I dont want bottle bombs & would like 2 know how much to use..Ive filled fermenter to about 21 or so litres( or just under the 23ltrs) roughly),if this helps...
Any advice welcome!!! :chug: