Hefe - Weisse Carbonation

[wobbly]

I am ready to bottle a hefe- weisse wheat beer and from waht I have read the recommended carbonatiuon levels are 3.4 to 4.5 vols. This equates to about 250/300g of sugar.

Will this level of carbonation be ok/safe in crown lager stubbies?

What level of carbonation do others target for bottle conditioning?

 

[Kai]

In what size batch, wobbly? I am reluctant to ever go above 7-8g/L sugar when priming.

 

[wobbly]

Sorry I should have included that

Batch size is 26 litres and temperature at bulk priming will be 19/20C

At your suggestion of 8g/lt that would equate to about 2.8 vols. Is that correct?

Is this satisfactory for weissen?

In any event I guess I will be constrained by whats safe in the bottle!

Your further advise would be appreciated

Thanks

Wobbly

 

[Kai]

Yep wobbly, 2.8 vols sounds right to me for that priming rate. What's satisfactory for a wheat depends on your personal tastes I think. Personally I'm quite happy to have mine carbonated to more normal levels, though I do try to make them a tiny bit fizzier than my beers normally are.

 

[berapnopod]

2.5 to 3.0 vols CO2 sounds more reasonable to me. So your 2.8 should do well.

Berp.

 

[Weizguy]

Dr Weiz here,

I have bottled Weizenbier with up to 10g/ litre, but usually aim for 3.5 vol CO2.

I can also advise that most Crownies will handle this, but if U get an infection, say goodbye to your expensive bottles, coz they ain't very strong.

Unfortunately, Grolsch bottles are as weak as this, too. Recently found a Grolschie with the backside out of it, empty and still sitting upright, with the base still under it. Lucky it wasn't a wheat beer, or it would have been more than 2 pieces. (might have sorted out the possums in my beer cellar though).

Seth

 

[crow]

Wobbly,

For what its worth - I use dextrose, bottle into the 500ml euro wheatbeer bottles (the thick ones, NOT schoefferhofer), and measure with those sugar measure gadgets.

Currently I find that 1 1/2 measures (1 big + 1 small) per 500ml bottle is just about spot on (its a tiny bit on the high side for me, say 5 - 10%), but pretty close to what I remember all those wheatbeers being like when I was over in Europe .

By my calc's 1 1/2 measures = 6.25g of dextrose per 500ml = 12.5g per L; and should equate to ~3.6 vol CO2.

I have have experimented down as low as 1 measure per bottle = 4.5g dext , or 9g p L; but found that to be too low.

At the other extreme I have gone up to 18g per litre (4.8 vol CO2) in those thick Euro "return" bottles, but found that to be well and truly overly fizzed.

Reference:
Theres a good article at http://www.brewrats.org/primer.html