GrowleyMonster
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I normally keg, and right now I just happen to have almost 6 gallons in the fermenter. So, I am going to bottle at least part of the currently fermenting batch, and bottle condition the bottled part. Assuming 73F beer temperature, if I want 2 volumes of CO2 it looks like I need 0.45133248 teaspoons of corn sugar per 12 oz bottle. If I want to put an even level half teaspoon per bottle, I will be looking at 2.2424 volumes. So really, is the difference between 2 volumes and 2.4 volumes really noticeable? The beer will be a fairly big beer with a lot of oats in it and some lactose, for extra chewieness, and ABV will be around 7.8%. FG a bit high, around 1.019. I don't want my beer to look like a science experiment gone wrong when I open it, but I do want some head when it is poured cold.
According to the calculator I can go 0.34873248 tsp per bottle for 1.8 volumes. An even 3/8 tsp would give me 1.8768 volumes. I am thinking with this recipe maybe I do a couple of bottles at 3/8 teaspoons corn sugar per bottle, and half teaspoon per bottle in a couple more. Maybe 7/16 teaspoon in two more? No, I am not going to fiddle around with weighing each sugar charge seperately for each bottle, and I might only be bottling the overage after filling a corny keg so I really don't want to mess with a bottling bucket and a sugar priming solution, either. I want to simply scoop a volumetric measure right into the bottle, fill it, and cap it. But I was wondering just how much difference a tenth of a volume or a couple tenths can really make.
I have been brewing very similar to the current recipe and I only need about 5psi of gas on it to get a very bold head. The only other time I bottled a beer like this they went off like volcanoes, foam everywhere. I thought about using them for fire extinguishers. They were seriously foamy no matter how carefully I would sneak up on them with the cap lifter. Now I will admit I didn't really give it much thought. I just took a standard pack of corn sugar left over from an ingredient kit and dissolved it all in some hot water and dumped it in a bottling bucket with the beer. I should have expected a big beer to be big trouble. I am shooting for a better result this time.
So how much difference is really noticeable, and how much is a deal breaker? Do I NEED to batch prime? Do I NEED to weigh my sugar to the nearest μg?
According to the calculator I can go 0.34873248 tsp per bottle for 1.8 volumes. An even 3/8 tsp would give me 1.8768 volumes. I am thinking with this recipe maybe I do a couple of bottles at 3/8 teaspoons corn sugar per bottle, and half teaspoon per bottle in a couple more. Maybe 7/16 teaspoon in two more? No, I am not going to fiddle around with weighing each sugar charge seperately for each bottle, and I might only be bottling the overage after filling a corny keg so I really don't want to mess with a bottling bucket and a sugar priming solution, either. I want to simply scoop a volumetric measure right into the bottle, fill it, and cap it. But I was wondering just how much difference a tenth of a volume or a couple tenths can really make.
I have been brewing very similar to the current recipe and I only need about 5psi of gas on it to get a very bold head. The only other time I bottled a beer like this they went off like volcanoes, foam everywhere. I thought about using them for fire extinguishers. They were seriously foamy no matter how carefully I would sneak up on them with the cap lifter. Now I will admit I didn't really give it much thought. I just took a standard pack of corn sugar left over from an ingredient kit and dissolved it all in some hot water and dumped it in a bottling bucket with the beer. I should have expected a big beer to be big trouble. I am shooting for a better result this time.
So how much difference is really noticeable, and how much is a deal breaker? Do I NEED to batch prime? Do I NEED to weigh my sugar to the nearest μg?