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Yield rates for priming sugar calculations
I am trying to figure out how Priming Sugar calculators work under the hood and just gave this illuminating article a read.
Most of it makes sense, however the author talks about each different ...
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Re-Carbonating bottles in case bottles loose CO2
A friend of mine used plastic bottles with plastic caps (like coke bottles) for bottling. He used sugar (Granulated Sugar of Sugar Beet) for priming.
It turned out those plastic bottles have ...
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Is it wise to dissolve priming sugar or gelatin in water the day before adding it to the beer?
One of the biggest time consumers I have on bottling day is cooling down the sugar to room temperature. So I have been thinking about sanitizing a small container the day before bottling, dissolve the ...
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Priming kit beer without bottling bucket
After experiencing midnight explosion in 5L keg few year ago, i researched for safer ways to prime. Ever since i was measuring dextrose and adding in each bottle per its volume (and desired CO2) and ...
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What is the ideal temperature during carbonation with priming for an ale?
During sugar priming, how does the temperature influence?
In my understanding, higher the temperature, faster the carbonation process. But can this somehow produce some off-flavors on the beer?
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How to calculate and add the required amount of inverted sugar (liquid) during the bottleling phase?
How should I calculate te correct amount of priming sugar (inverted sugar) in liquid form, pretty much like a syrup for bottleling ?
I was thinking in using a cooking syringe to add it to each bottle,...
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How to use priming sugar
I am about to bottle my first cider, and i have a 500g bag of priming sugar, from what i have read, i can either prime each bottle, or i can pour the sugar into the brewing vessel and stir it in if i ...
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Confectioners sugar for priming?
I have a batch of wheat beer on the go at the moment and I'm wondering which sugar to use as priming sugar? In my local shop the priming sugar they sell looks just like confectioners/powdered/icing ...
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Effect of priming with honey
How prominent might I expect the flavors of honey to be, if used as a priming element for beer?
I am thinking about it in terms of an all-grain pale ale variation, perhaps with honey or biscuit malt ...
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Is it possible to successfully bottle a beer that's already been primed in a barrel?
I'd like to know what the effect of trying to bottle 35 pints of a light ale that's already been primed in a barel would be? Presumably there is still yeast floating about that would be able to ...
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Flat beer after priming in a pressure barrel
Completed my first fermentation of home-brew bitter which finished at 2.5% alcohol after 2 weeks. Transferred the beer to a pressure barrel and added a level teaspoon of sugar per pint to start ...
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Experimenting, Priming Sugars
I've got a 3 gallon batch of bourbon dubbel fermenting, recipe calls for priming with maple syrup, I'm thinking of siphoning off .5 gal to prime with honey and .5 gal to prime with black treacle.
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Priming a Tap-A-Draft system
I just got a Tap-A-Draft system (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/tap-a-draft-system.html) because I do not have the room for a full kegging system.
The TAD came with 3 6L PET bottles. I have 2 5 ...
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Corn Sugar Off Flavors [closed]
I know there is a substantial amount of debate regarding whether to use DME or corn sugar or table sugar to bottle prime, but I wanted to ask the question if priming with simple glucose, can ...
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May be too much carbonation on the way
Bottled up a fig-gose a week ago, and figured I would try one last night just for kicks. Big hiss and and about a 1 inch head. Plenty of carbonation now, but it is still 'young' carbonation (big, ...
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