pava
Well-Known Member
I have a couple of questions about bottling.
First, my first batch of AG yielded 4 gallons of wort (due to more boil off than expected) I hesitated in adding water to top it off and by the time I decided maybe I should fermentation had already begun. So I have 4 gallons of wort about 1/2 a week into fermentation. Recently someone mentioned using extra water at bottling time when using corn sugar to carb the beer, what is everyones view on this, could I add a 1/2 gallon, or a gallon of water at this point to disolve the corn sugar in or would this result in a rather watered down flavor. Just to add more details here, it is a Belgian Wit AG (the NB kit) and my OG was 1.054 instead of 1.044.
Second question is. . .I always thought that I would add the water and corn sugar to the bottling bucket and rack on top of it so that it would mix during the racking process, thus minimizing the amount of mixing after racking resulting in less of a risk of oxidizing my beer. I have been reading lately where folks rack first to determine the final amount of beer they have and then add the corn sugar and water so they can assure that they are using the proper amounts of corn sugar. . .how does everyone here do it and why?
As always thanks in advance for your replies and insight. .. this site got me successfully through my first brew day with really no problems at all other than having a higher than expected boil off.
First, my first batch of AG yielded 4 gallons of wort (due to more boil off than expected) I hesitated in adding water to top it off and by the time I decided maybe I should fermentation had already begun. So I have 4 gallons of wort about 1/2 a week into fermentation. Recently someone mentioned using extra water at bottling time when using corn sugar to carb the beer, what is everyones view on this, could I add a 1/2 gallon, or a gallon of water at this point to disolve the corn sugar in or would this result in a rather watered down flavor. Just to add more details here, it is a Belgian Wit AG (the NB kit) and my OG was 1.054 instead of 1.044.
Second question is. . .I always thought that I would add the water and corn sugar to the bottling bucket and rack on top of it so that it would mix during the racking process, thus minimizing the amount of mixing after racking resulting in less of a risk of oxidizing my beer. I have been reading lately where folks rack first to determine the final amount of beer they have and then add the corn sugar and water so they can assure that they are using the proper amounts of corn sugar. . .how does everyone here do it and why?
As always thanks in advance for your replies and insight. .. this site got me successfully through my first brew day with really no problems at all other than having a higher than expected boil off.