Terrapin
BadBrew
I am preparing for my first adventure in brewing getting my bottles sanitized and prepared and I am just short on my bottles. I have some empty 1 gallon apple juice bottles, what can I do to bottle into one?
Thank you! I'll stick with bottles, off to the home brew store ...
Thank you! I'll stick with bottles, off to the home brew store ...
I've been carbonating beer in growlers for years. Don't know why so many people say its unsafe.
Growlers are designed to hold carbonated beer. Whether its carbonated already (eg. filled at a brewery) or carbonated in the growler (through a sugar addition and secondary fermentation) makes no difference. Its still carbonated beer.
Of course, you can over-carbonate by adding too much sugar. And you need to use less. Don't simply multiply up from what you normally put in a smaller bottle. I use four carbonation drops per growler for most beers. (Edit: for a 2 litre growler)
Also to clarify a perceived misconception posted earlier: the CO2 produced by yeast within the growler doesn't go to the headspace and then into the beer. Its produced in the beer in the first place and is vented to the headspace in equilibrium with the amount of CO2 dissolved in the beer.
Its all about how fast you drink, even for me 2 cases is a bit much for 24 hrs. Maybe if I go fishing ...
I've been carbonating beer in growlers for years. Don't know why so many people say its unsafe.
Growlers are designed to hold carbonated beer. Whether its carbonated already (eg. filled at a brewery) or carbonated in the growler (through a sugar addition and secondary fermentation) makes no difference. Its still carbonated beer.
Of course, you can over-carbonate by adding too much sugar. And you need to use less. Don't simply multiply up from what you normally put in a smaller bottle. I use four carbonation drops per growler for most beers. (Edit: for a 2 litre growler)
Also to clarify a perceived misconception posted earlier: the CO2 produced by yeast within the growler doesn't go to the headspace and then into the beer. Its produced in the beer in the first place and is vented to the headspace in equilibrium with the amount of CO2 dissolved in the beer.
sounds like a good experiment waiting to happen...prime with sugar, and rig something up to read the pressure, and monitor frequently over the course of the next 3 weeks, and see if the pressure does in fact increase, then decrease.
It's been done. See post #5 in this thread. It also links the post with more of the data from the experiment.
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