BjornJ
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You guys seem to be getting more carbonation from these drops than I do.
I didn't want to hijack this thread since my question is a little different http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...mp;#entry735386
so started a new one:
I usually use carbonation drops, either coopers from BigW or Brewcraft from the homebrew shop, depending on if I remember to buy them in time or run out and get them when I need them.
I always crash-chill for at least a week, some times two before bottling to help yeast and "stuff" settle out.
The beer always carb up, the bottles are hard to touch.
I think they're ok and have always thought they were carbed "as usual" but my wife keeps telling me they're under carbed.
Then I sent two beers to the Castle hill beer comp and both beers x 2 judges = 4 brew sheets saying my beers were under carbed..
So I started thinking maybe it's just me who got used to lower carbonation?
I bottled the last lager I made (with S-189 in another thread) with bulk priming to 3 volumes of CO2, higher than I thought was necessary, just to check.
This one I've now given to several people to try as I am interested in feedback on S-189 at this high temp, and when asked they all say the carbonation is ok.
Using carbonation drops I use 2 drops per longneck and 1 per stubbie as it says on the bag, and it seems maybe I get lower than suggested carbonation from this?
I'm not sure how to look at this..
As long as my bottles carb up, surely there is yeast in there. If there is yeast in there, it will eat all available sugar and carb to the expected level, it's only a matter of time.
then why do I seem to get lower carbonation than calculated?
Using the carbonation calculator for the bulk priming I enter the beer as having temp 20 degrees just to be sure I don't assume C02 saturation in the beer.
When using carbonation drops there is no "calculation" I just use one per stubby, 2 per longneck and the beer probably have been at 18 at highest during fermentation, bottled at 1-3 degrees.
What do others get, do you get good carbonation using the drops?
thanks
Bjorn
I didn't want to hijack this thread since my question is a little different http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...mp;#entry735386
so started a new one:
I usually use carbonation drops, either coopers from BigW or Brewcraft from the homebrew shop, depending on if I remember to buy them in time or run out and get them when I need them.
I always crash-chill for at least a week, some times two before bottling to help yeast and "stuff" settle out.
The beer always carb up, the bottles are hard to touch.
I think they're ok and have always thought they were carbed "as usual" but my wife keeps telling me they're under carbed.
Then I sent two beers to the Castle hill beer comp and both beers x 2 judges = 4 brew sheets saying my beers were under carbed..
So I started thinking maybe it's just me who got used to lower carbonation?
I bottled the last lager I made (with S-189 in another thread) with bulk priming to 3 volumes of CO2, higher than I thought was necessary, just to check.
This one I've now given to several people to try as I am interested in feedback on S-189 at this high temp, and when asked they all say the carbonation is ok.
Using carbonation drops I use 2 drops per longneck and 1 per stubbie as it says on the bag, and it seems maybe I get lower than suggested carbonation from this?
I'm not sure how to look at this..
As long as my bottles carb up, surely there is yeast in there. If there is yeast in there, it will eat all available sugar and carb to the expected level, it's only a matter of time.
then why do I seem to get lower carbonation than calculated?
Using the carbonation calculator for the bulk priming I enter the beer as having temp 20 degrees just to be sure I don't assume C02 saturation in the beer.
When using carbonation drops there is no "calculation" I just use one per stubby, 2 per longneck and the beer probably have been at 18 at highest during fermentation, bottled at 1-3 degrees.
What do others get, do you get good carbonation using the drops?
thanks
Bjorn