Priming Grolsch bottles

[gvhorwitz]

I'm using 16 oz. 9" glass grolsch bottles in which I'll be bottling Cooper's stout.

Fermentation has stopped for a while.

Can I safely use Cooper's carbonation drops (I was thinking of only one)? I'm afraid of bottle bombs


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[philmud]

When you say fermentation has stopped for a while, have you measured consistent specific gravity over a few days, and is it within range of expected FG.
If yes, then you should be able to proceed with one carb drop per bottle. Coopers indicate one drop per 330ml (circa 11oz) but most brewers consider that level of carbonation to be high. One will be plenty for a stout.

 

[gvhorwitz]

Yes fg is at target. And Thank You for the answer. That's great.

Have a good one

Greg


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[sp0rk]

Yep, 1 carbonation drop is perfect in the Grolsch 475ml swingtops for most styles

 

[GrumpyPaul]

When I used to bottle - I found it easier to bulk prime rather than use carb drops.

Now that I keg a I only bottle a few out of each brew - so unless it is something that is meant to be lower in carbonation I use 1 and a half carb drops for a grolsch bottle.

So if you are bottling the whole batch - look into bulk priming it is much easier and quicker.

If your only doing a few it sounds like between 1 and 1 1/2 drops per grolsch

 

[SBOB]

I've only just started out but am using Grolsch bottles and bulk priming is a pretty simple process... use about 140g dextrose (based on some calculators I found online) and is definitely cheaper than using drops

 

[gvhorwitz]

A thank you to all of you for your answers. There's a lot of food for thought here.


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