spaceyaquarius
Well-Known Member
First time natural carbonation experiment:
Wanting to carbonate a 5 gallon batch of Hoegaarden Belgian Wheat Whit Beer in a Corny keg with corn sugar.
The recipe calls for:
"1.25 cup (300 ml) of Muntons Extra Light Dry Malt Extract boiled for 10 minutes in 2 cups (473 ml) of water. "
(I don't want to use that method, and don't have the Muntons DME anyway.)
Other recipes for natural carbonation say to use 5 oz. of corn sugar, while at the same time several people on HBT seem to believe that you should use only half the amount of corn sugar that is used for bottling when you are natural carbing in a 5 gallon keg (which would be 2.5 oz of corn sugar). One of the explanations is that there is about 1/2 of the head space in a 5 gallon keg vs. all of the total head space in 54 (12 oz.) bottles when you bottle the same amount of beer. That seems to make sense, but I want to make sure.
Should I just wait until the final gravity is ready and use 2.5 oz. of corn sugar? Then just wait 2 weeks and test?
:rockin:THANkS!!!:rockin:
Wanting to carbonate a 5 gallon batch of Hoegaarden Belgian Wheat Whit Beer in a Corny keg with corn sugar.
The recipe calls for:
"1.25 cup (300 ml) of Muntons Extra Light Dry Malt Extract boiled for 10 minutes in 2 cups (473 ml) of water. "
(I don't want to use that method, and don't have the Muntons DME anyway.)
Other recipes for natural carbonation say to use 5 oz. of corn sugar, while at the same time several people on HBT seem to believe that you should use only half the amount of corn sugar that is used for bottling when you are natural carbing in a 5 gallon keg (which would be 2.5 oz of corn sugar). One of the explanations is that there is about 1/2 of the head space in a 5 gallon keg vs. all of the total head space in 54 (12 oz.) bottles when you bottle the same amount of beer. That seems to make sense, but I want to make sure.
Should I just wait until the final gravity is ready and use 2.5 oz. of corn sugar? Then just wait 2 weeks and test?
:rockin:THANkS!!!:rockin: