cormi3r
Well-Known Member
For those of us who aren't equipped to keg, does the volume of the bottle (6 oz.,12 oz., 16 oz., 32 oz.) factor in at all to the amount of priming sugar or the time the beer should condition in the bottle?
The reason I am asking is because I have little 6.3 oz. bottles I use and it seems like they are always a little more violently carbonated than the 16 oz. flip tops. I thought maybe it had to do with the rubber seal of the flip tops, but the lower carbonation seems consistent despite the type of beer I bottled. I bottled a Honey Brown in both 6.3 oz bottles and 16 oz. bottles, the smaller bottles seem to have more carbonation. Recently I made a Boddington's clone with the same results (less carbonation in the larger bottles) and I am about to bottle a Watermelon Ale in both 6.3 and 16 oz. bottles. I was considering creating priming sugar in different levels of concentration for different size bottles, but it seems like the carbonation should be the same regardless of the amount of beer in the bottles.
There were a few things I thought of including the rubber seal on the flip top bottles and/or the space left in the neck of the bottle, but the fact that the carbonation is similar across the board in the 16 oz. bottles leads me to believe neither of these are an issue. I like the amount of carbonation in the smaller bottles, but I'd prefer a serving of more than 6 oz. at a time.
The smaller bottles are clear and the 16 oz. bottles are brown, but I keep them in a box in a closet so I figure light would have a minimal affect. Any help would be appreciated b4 I bottle my Watermelon Ale.
The reason I am asking is because I have little 6.3 oz. bottles I use and it seems like they are always a little more violently carbonated than the 16 oz. flip tops. I thought maybe it had to do with the rubber seal of the flip tops, but the lower carbonation seems consistent despite the type of beer I bottled. I bottled a Honey Brown in both 6.3 oz bottles and 16 oz. bottles, the smaller bottles seem to have more carbonation. Recently I made a Boddington's clone with the same results (less carbonation in the larger bottles) and I am about to bottle a Watermelon Ale in both 6.3 and 16 oz. bottles. I was considering creating priming sugar in different levels of concentration for different size bottles, but it seems like the carbonation should be the same regardless of the amount of beer in the bottles.
There were a few things I thought of including the rubber seal on the flip top bottles and/or the space left in the neck of the bottle, but the fact that the carbonation is similar across the board in the 16 oz. bottles leads me to believe neither of these are an issue. I like the amount of carbonation in the smaller bottles, but I'd prefer a serving of more than 6 oz. at a time.
The smaller bottles are clear and the 16 oz. bottles are brown, but I keep them in a box in a closet so I figure light would have a minimal affect. Any help would be appreciated b4 I bottle my Watermelon Ale.