bottle keg mixture

[jonp9576]

first off, i have read the sticky about we no need no beer gun


my question is, i would like to bottle a 12 pack of my hefeweizen when i keg it. i am not sure where i've heard this, but i think hefes are supposed to be more carbed than other beers. is this right?

any way, instead of bottleing from the keg, can i put in the ammount of priming sugar to bottle the beer, then bottle a 12 pack, then just put the rest in the keg? or should i keg condition first then bottle later?

 

[TheJadedDog]

You can absolutely bottle your 12 pack before kegging the rest of the beer if you want to. I'd recommend mixing in your priming solution, bottling your 12 pack, then leaving the rest to keg condition. You could use carb tabs to prime your bottles if you wanted to force carb your keg. There is really no difference between bottling now or bottling later, personally I like to force carb and then bottle from the keg because it's easier.

As for whether Hefes are supposed to have more carbonation in them I couldn't say, this is not something I had ever heard though.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Seperate 1-2 gals of unprimed beer from the kegged beer and add 1.0 oz of corn sugar per gallon of brew.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I would recommend force carbing a keg, then bottling from there after drawing a few pints. You will have less sediment in the bottles and not have to worry about not drinking that last bit like bottle carbing, Although this is not nearly as important with a hef, The yeasties are good.

Wheats/Hefe's are on the higher side of the carb levels around 3-4 units of c02.

If you wanted bottle carbonation, since you're just doing 12 I might try carbing pills and drop into each bottle instead of mixing up solution, then trying to rack 12 bottles worth onto that.

 

[jonp9576]

thanks for the info everyone. i'll try the carb tabs. and see how it goes from there

 

[lapaglia]

12 bottles is just over a gallon. Thats enough to use sugar and put it in the bottling bucket. Just as easy as carb drops if you are doing that many. For 3.5 volumes of CO2, assuming your at 72 degrees when you bottle you need.

Sugar___________ Type ________Weight
Glucose (dextrose or corn sugar) __1.4 oz
Sucrose ____(table sugar) _______1.4 oz

Might as well do it that way. Cheaper than carb drops and you are assured of getting the right carb level.

 

[DD2000GT]

Just use carb tabs. That is what I do.