Bottling Question

[JeffoC6]

Hey guys, I'm about to bottle and I have 2 questions:

1- Do I take my beer out of the fridge (was cold crashing) and let it come back to room temp. before I bottle?

2- I'm using this calculator to determine how much priming sugar I need:
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

In the area that it says "beer temperature," do I simply just take the temp of the beer as I'm about to bottle? I ask because it says something about fermentation/etc. Just want to be sure I'm using the right "temp."

Thanks!

 

[Yooper]

Hey guys, I'm about to bottle and I have 2 questions:

1- Do I take my beer out of the fridge (was cold crashing) and let it come back to room temp. before I bottle?

2- I'm using this calculator to determine how much priming sugar I need:
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

In the area that it says "beer temperature," do I simply just take the temp of the beer as I'm about to bottle? I ask because it says something about fermentation/etc. Just want to be sure I'm using the right "temp."

Thanks!

You don't need to let it warm up before bottling. For "beer temp", use the fermentation temperature of the beer, generally about 66-68 degrees.

 

[JeffoC6]

Thanks Yooper

 

[unionrdr]

The priming calculator uses the ferment temp to account for the average amount of dissolved co2 already in the beer at that point. It's a little compensation to assure the correct volume of co2 for that beer after it's carbed up.

 

[JeffoC6]

So I just finished bottling! Now to store for 3 more weeks *sigh*

I know it's right, since I followed the calculator, but just need to hear it from some of the savvy vets...

0.5 oz of priming sugar for a 1-gallon english brown ale sounds about right, right? hahaha

also, how much "water" do you use to dissolve/boil the sugar in? I used a bit, but certainly not enough to water down the beer. Just sort of coated the bottom of a pan and stirred in the sugar as I brought it to a boil. Sound good?

 

[unionrdr]

For 1 gallon,that's probably ok.

 

[Greyhound]

I normally keg, but when I bottle I use 2 cups of water for a 5 gallon batch. You just need enough to dissolve the sugar, so it sounds like you did it exactly right.

 

[cervezarara]

That 0.5 oz will prime to 1.9 volumes of CO2, which is appropriate for the style. It will, probably taste slightly flat compared to spritzy American brews, though. I just wanted to warn you, even though I assume you know English brown ales are somewhat less carbonated than American ales.

 

[JeffoC6]

That 0.5 oz will prime to 1.9 volumes of CO2, which is appropriate for the style. It will, probably taste slightly flat compared to spritzy American brews, though. I just wanted to warn you, even though I assume you know English brown ales are somewhat less carbonated than American ales.

I understand...Thanks!