Owly055
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Previously I primed by adding bottling syrup along with finings as I went from secondary to cold crash.....The results were good.... the beer stayed in cold crash for at least 3 or 4 days, and the distribution was excellent in that time period.
Now with Tap-a-Draft, I'm pressure carbonating at least 1.5 gallons of each brew, and my brews net about 2 to 2.5 gallons ( 2.5 or 3 gallons total fermenter volume). This leaves me with 1/2 to 1 gallon which I often bottle. The result is that I've moved to measuring actual table sugar into each bottle..... I've weighed my priming sugar from the spoon I use, and know just how full the spoon needs to be by eyeballing it............ A nuisance!! I've considered a syrup and a syringe, but now I'm using an adjustable measuring spoon sold in the dollar store. I have it calibrated for the amount I want, and it measures accurately every time. It has a slider that clicks at the various settings, and a couple of plastic stops which prevent it going less than one teaspoon. I cut the stops off so I could measure 3.3 grams (for one liter of beer @ 2.5 volumes) I intend to glue it in that position, and I may buy a couple more and set them for different volumes. They are white plastic, so I can easily label them with a magic marker..... One for 2V, one for 2.5V, one for 3V, 3.5V, and 4V.............
H.W.
Now with Tap-a-Draft, I'm pressure carbonating at least 1.5 gallons of each brew, and my brews net about 2 to 2.5 gallons ( 2.5 or 3 gallons total fermenter volume). This leaves me with 1/2 to 1 gallon which I often bottle. The result is that I've moved to measuring actual table sugar into each bottle..... I've weighed my priming sugar from the spoon I use, and know just how full the spoon needs to be by eyeballing it............ A nuisance!! I've considered a syrup and a syringe, but now I'm using an adjustable measuring spoon sold in the dollar store. I have it calibrated for the amount I want, and it measures accurately every time. It has a slider that clicks at the various settings, and a couple of plastic stops which prevent it going less than one teaspoon. I cut the stops off so I could measure 3.3 grams (for one liter of beer @ 2.5 volumes) I intend to glue it in that position, and I may buy a couple more and set them for different volumes. They are white plastic, so I can easily label them with a magic marker..... One for 2V, one for 2.5V, one for 3V, 3.5V, and 4V.............
H.W.