Anyone ever used a small mail scale to measure corn sugar?

[britishbloke]

Im needing to know.

I have just under 5 gallons of doppleweiss beer ready to carb/bottle but only have this small scale to measure with and it goes to 4 oz.

Thats around all im needing for my batch I believe but am wondering if the scale really is good at weighing............

 

[magno]

I use one of my hops. It seems to work pretty decently.

- magno

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Just put in 3/4 cup and call it a victory.

EDIT: that is, assuming you're batch priming.

 

[britishbloke]

OK ill try.

Also I just dish washed the beer bottles and there a little hot still.

Temp gauge read 100 degrees.

Shouldnt I wait for them to cool down??

Damn I have the beer int he priming bucket already....

 

[Hopfan]

They won't take long to cool. Give it about 15 minutes before you start bottling to ensure you don't kill the remaining yeast. If they're really hot, you could put them in an icebath for about 30 seconds each.

 

[magno]

id wait for them to cool. you can speed that up a bit by putting thim in cold water. Just dont get the potentially dirty cold water inside the bottle. And dont use water that is so cold that the temperature diffeence could shatter the glass.

EDIT: You beat me to it Hopfan

 

[britishbloke]

OK well they are at 85 degrees now..

I hope thats ok.,.

 

[zoebisch01]

By the time they come out and sit, they'll cool rapidly. They shouldn't have enough thermal mass (at 85 F) to significantly raise the temperature of the wort. It'll be just fine. Yeast can survive much higher temps than that.

 

[britishbloke]

Thanks for the info.

I bottled at just around -75-80F so it should be OK.

Next time I wont make that mistake.....................

The doppleweiss smells great too!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Just put in 3/4 cup and call it a victory.

EDIT: that is, assuming you're batch priming.

I'd better clarify. Take 3/4 cups priming sugar, boil it around five mins in about a pint of water, and add THAT to your bottling bucket. Then rack your beer on top of that in order to bottle. You don't need to worry too much about cooling it first because a pint of water isn't going to raise the temp of five gallons of beer in any significant amount. I hope I added this before you put the sugar directly into the brew.

 

[britishbloke]

ablrbrau: I did exactly as you described. ))

 

[britishbloke]

:rockin: nice kegerator you got there in youre gallery!

Im looking to get a kegerator sometime.

Any ideas how much that cost you?

Any ways I can save money on investing in buying one?

Id like the same setup ya got there.

Very nice.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Thanks! I think it cost around $400 all told. I put it together bit by bit, so I'm not sure.

Here's a link to some info (there's lots more i'm sure)

http://www.homepokertourney.com/build-a-kegerator.htm

My fridge is a Danby, but most around this forum seem to like the Sanyo. It's a horse apiece, I'm sure. Good luck! Beats bottling, definitely!

 

[Genghis77]

I generally prefer to make my measurements by volume rather than weight. Typically a cup of corn sugar for 5 gallons. But if you're going by weight a scale ranging from 1/8 ounce to 5 pounds is a good range. And electronic scales are in the same price range as better mechanical scales.