Hi folks,
I'm setting up for my next beer and have some questions about next steps.
I'm doing another Pale ale can extract, but with DME not sucrose this time. I've found varying advice on the swap ratio. On one forum i've found that DME and sucrose are fermentable at a (roughly) 2:1 ratio. So I'd need 2kgs of DME to replace the 1kg of sucrose for the same effect (abv?). However, in other forums I've found quotes saying that DME and sucrose have the same pppg of 1.046 (unsure about the meaning of this) and this makes them a 1:1 swap. On the site for the producer of the can (Black Rock) it says to use light DME instead of sugar, with no further guidance.
Initially after reading the first information I was planning 1kg of light DME and 0.4kg Dextrose, but now I'm not so sure. I've had a look on brewers friend and not found a calculator/converter that seems to address this. I'd be pleased to get some clarification on this conversion.
I presume the more important question is, what alcohol content do I want, as that can be tailored by the amount of fermentable, right? I might be asking the wrong question. This might be answered in the FAQ for advanced brewing, but Safari won't open that link, (maybe broken, more likely Safari not playing ball). If this is really what I need to address, I'm looking for between 3.5 and 4% in this pale ale. It looked like brewers friend would have covered this but I was overwhelmed by the amount of input and jargon, way beyond my level.
Another question, and I think I've answered this with my Google Fu, if I put 9L of Canberra tap water in a 10L container it will, given the 1L air gap above the water, off gas the chlorine overnight with a lid, to prevent the inevitable cat hair getting in, on? It seems like this should work, and is the laziest way to get rid of chlorine before brewing.
Third and final question. I'm going to bulk prime, and I've found a few good guides on the method and the brewers friend calculator seems easy to use. However, the amount given, for example 100g to prime 20L to an ale style Co2, is this 100g per/L or 100g per batch. I presume it's 100g only as you input the beer volume in the calculator, but that doesn't seem like a lot compared to 2 (I actually only use 1) carb drops per 750 bottle. 100g/L seems like HEAPS!
Before writing this I had intended to weigh a carbonation drop, but the opportunity to write this came up first.
Thanks for the help folks,
Cup
I'm setting up for my next beer and have some questions about next steps.
I'm doing another Pale ale can extract, but with DME not sucrose this time. I've found varying advice on the swap ratio. On one forum i've found that DME and sucrose are fermentable at a (roughly) 2:1 ratio. So I'd need 2kgs of DME to replace the 1kg of sucrose for the same effect (abv?). However, in other forums I've found quotes saying that DME and sucrose have the same pppg of 1.046 (unsure about the meaning of this) and this makes them a 1:1 swap. On the site for the producer of the can (Black Rock) it says to use light DME instead of sugar, with no further guidance.
Initially after reading the first information I was planning 1kg of light DME and 0.4kg Dextrose, but now I'm not so sure. I've had a look on brewers friend and not found a calculator/converter that seems to address this. I'd be pleased to get some clarification on this conversion.
I presume the more important question is, what alcohol content do I want, as that can be tailored by the amount of fermentable, right? I might be asking the wrong question. This might be answered in the FAQ for advanced brewing, but Safari won't open that link, (maybe broken, more likely Safari not playing ball). If this is really what I need to address, I'm looking for between 3.5 and 4% in this pale ale. It looked like brewers friend would have covered this but I was overwhelmed by the amount of input and jargon, way beyond my level.
Another question, and I think I've answered this with my Google Fu, if I put 9L of Canberra tap water in a 10L container it will, given the 1L air gap above the water, off gas the chlorine overnight with a lid, to prevent the inevitable cat hair getting in, on? It seems like this should work, and is the laziest way to get rid of chlorine before brewing.
Third and final question. I'm going to bulk prime, and I've found a few good guides on the method and the brewers friend calculator seems easy to use. However, the amount given, for example 100g to prime 20L to an ale style Co2, is this 100g per/L or 100g per batch. I presume it's 100g only as you input the beer volume in the calculator, but that doesn't seem like a lot compared to 2 (I actually only use 1) carb drops per 750 bottle. 100g/L seems like HEAPS!
Before writing this I had intended to weigh a carbonation drop, but the opportunity to write this came up first.
Thanks for the help folks,
Cup
