Carbonation Drops

[roverfj1200]

I have used just the one carb drop in a 750ml bottle and found the carbonation fine when using headstart glasses.

Cheers

 

[yum beer]

one drop in a 450ml she be pretty good.

 

[Spiesy]

cheers blokes.

 

[RobboMC]

Chasing a bit of info on carbing bottled beer. I'm kegging at the moment, but would like to bottle the 1-2L that doesn't fit into my 19L keg - wasting beer is just a sin, right?

I've picked up some Grolsch 450ml bottles that should do the trick. Being that I'll probably only be filling 2-3 bottles post ferment, is there a basic rule for amount of sugar required per volume of beer to achieve a certain style? I like a bit of carbonation throughout my beer. They're mainly American Ale's that I'm producing, but unlike the American's - I prefer some bubbles in my glass (if it helps, I have my gas regulator set to around 13psi for my kegs).

Any advice would be appreciated.

I used to mix up a small amount of dex into solution, say 100g into 200ml of boiled water; then I would 'inject' the calculated amount into a bottle before filling with a plastic medicine syringe. Get one from the chemist for about $1.50.

For a 450ml bottle I'd be going for 8g/l which is 7.25ml of the priming solution. It's not bulk priming, but I'd be doing it this way for a small number of bottles.

Yes wasting beer is a sin. I've got a brew mate that kegs his beer, great brewing, great beer from his kegs, he always bottles a few to give away to friends; but he can't bottle for sh*t becasue he has never been forced to learn it.

 

[Spiesy]

Goodtimes buying said syringe from the local chemist (Reservoir) and not looking like a junky...

Great idea though.

 

[ianh]

Chasing a bit of info on carbing bottled beer. I'm kegging at the moment, but would like to bottle the 1-2L that doesn't fit into my 19L keg - wasting beer is just a sin, right?

I've picked up some Grolsch 450ml bottles that should do the trick. Being that I'll probably only be filling 2-3 bottles post ferment, is there a basic rule for amount of sugar required per volume of beer to achieve a certain style? I like a bit of carbonation throughout my beer. They're mainly American Ale's that I'm producing, but unlike the American's - I prefer some bubbles in my glass (if it helps, I have my gas regulator set to around 13psi for my kegs).

Any advice would be appreciated.

I do a similar thing. I have a balance (scale) that weighs 0 - 200g to 0.01g and I weigh out dextrose and add it to each bottle. You can buy these on Ebay Link for under $10 also good for hops and water treatment.

The carbonation levels for the different beer styles vary from 0.8 to 3.0 vols CO2. Assuming highest temp after fermentation and before bottling is 20C

Require 1.1g dextrose for 1.0 vols CO2, 2.6g for 1.5, 4.6g for 2.0, 6.6g for 2.5 and 8.6g for 3.0 vols per one litre of beer.

So if you have 450ml bottles and want 2.5 volumes then you need 6.6g *.45 = 2.97g of dextrose, the amount of sugar is about 10% less than dextrose (but I prefer dextrose).

cheers

Ian