Hi all,
I was directed here from the general techniques of beer making in my quest to make a purely amazing honey flavored black lager. I have done several things to make the flavour stand out, but nothing gives it the honey oomph I want. Then I got this idea, what if I add extra honey to the beer at the bottling process, more than enough to carb the beer then kill off the yeast when carbonation is right? My original idea was to use cold temperatures, but others suggest this may not be good and that you cider guys use heat to do essentially the same thing (The Pappers Technique).
What I came here to ask is if the technique is safe to used on plastic PET bottles? I did some poking around online and found that PET melts at 250C which is hotter than the pasteurization calls for. I am guessing as long as I have some insulation at the bottom of the put (like a rag) I should have any meltdowns and get the same effect?
I was directed here from the general techniques of beer making in my quest to make a purely amazing honey flavored black lager. I have done several things to make the flavour stand out, but nothing gives it the honey oomph I want. Then I got this idea, what if I add extra honey to the beer at the bottling process, more than enough to carb the beer then kill off the yeast when carbonation is right? My original idea was to use cold temperatures, but others suggest this may not be good and that you cider guys use heat to do essentially the same thing (The Pappers Technique).
What I came here to ask is if the technique is safe to used on plastic PET bottles? I did some poking around online and found that PET melts at 250C which is hotter than the pasteurization calls for. I am guessing as long as I have some insulation at the bottom of the put (like a rag) I should have any meltdowns and get the same effect?