Bottling?

[Chris_Dog]

Should I be concerned about the temperature of the priming solution? It seems like you would want it below 80. On the other hand 1 qt of boiling solution is not going to change the temp of 5 gal. of beer much if any.

Cheers!!!

 

[JnJ]

cool it to about room temp.

 

[DraconianHand]

Won't hurt to cool it and it doesn't take long to cool a small volume. I usually let the priming solution cool while I get everything else ready for bottling.

 

[67coupe390]

I pour my boiling primer into my bottling bucket and then siphon the brew in with it. I've never had a problem. My thought behind this was sanitation. Its boiling then quenched by alcohol in the beer so there is less chance of infection.
Cooling it is fine too I'm sure.

 

[b767fo]

Definitely let it cool to near the wort temp. The yeast in the first gallon or two of the wort going into the hot priming solution will suffer thermal shock, and you will end up with either slow or uneven carbonation (Learned by experience - my first two brews were slow carbs and I used hot solution).

 

[Moonpile]

Definitely let it cool to near the wort temp. The yeast in the first gallon or two of the wort going into the hot priming solution will suffer thermal shock, and you will end up with either slow or uneven carbonation (Learned by experience - my first two brews were slow carbs and I used hot solution).

My brewing buddies and I almost always forget about the priming solution until we've started in on racking to the bottling bucket. We do attempt to cool it as much as possible, but usually put it in when it's clearly hot. We've done this with several beers now and had slow carbers and fast carbers. That difference appears to be more about the yeast than the temp. 2 cups of even boiling liquid will barely budge the temp of 5 gal of room temp liquid.

I wouldn't worry about it, but that said, we always do INTEND to do it first and cool it. One of these days, perhaps we will!

I think the smiley explains why we always forget!

 

[the_bird]

It really only takes a minute or two in a cool water bath to get it to around 90° or so. I don't even bother with ice, just some cold tap water in the sink. Add that to the bucket and rack on top, the racking will stir the priming solution up for you.

 

[GoBrewers]

I've just been boiling the priming solution in the microwave - in my yeast starter flask. I figure - why get another pot dirty? I let it cool at room temp for a couple minutes, then hold it under cold tap water. It's a pyrex flask, so I'm not worried about the boil - I'm just afraid that one of these days I'll hold it under the sink and it will explode in my hand. But a few minutes @ room temp seems to be enough time to cool down. I've actually been doing the same thing with my yeast starters. Again, just to keep down the number of dishes to wash.

 

[Chris_Dog]

Thank you!

It is a pint isn't it I said a quart.

 

[Got Trub?]

Boiling priming solution into the priming bucket and rack the beer on top. Never had a problem with carbonation except once when I added the priming sugar to the beer already in the bottling bucket. Finished bottling and then tasted the leftover beer in the bucket - super sweet! Oh sh*t forgot to mix it in and the dense sugar solution had all ended up in the bottom of my bucket. I had to uncap and pour all that beer back into the bottling bucket, mix and start again. Lesson learned...

 

[Brewsmith]

I've never had a problem pouring the boiling hot priming solution into the bucket and then siphoning the beer on top. The small amount of liquid doesn't change the temp of the beer and it all gets completely mixed. Poor mixing is going to result in bad carbonation, not hot priming solution.

 

[Yeast Infection]

i dump the hot priming solution right into the beer, mix well, and bottle. No thermal shock, no uneven carb., just good beer, carbed well.

 

[Yooper]

A quart seems like a lot of extra water to me, though.

I make it a pint and then cool it and rack the beer into it.

 

[Brewsmith]

I probably go less than that. Maybe a cup of water.

 

[67coupe390]

I do two cups of boiling water and rack on top of it. Works good for me!!!

 

[BrewFrick]

I bring about a pint and a half of water to boil, add the sugar and get it dissolved, and then put in about 6-7 ice cubes and stir that all around. I get it to around 100degrees and then dump in the bottling bucket and rack on top of it. I also get out my bit brewing spoon and GENTLY stir the beer and sugar to mix well. I typically use an autosiphon to rack and I stick it and hold it in the middle of the carboy to keep from getting much yeast in the first gallon of beer or so that goes into the bottling bucket. Then at the end I pick up a little extra yeast from the bottom so that I have plenty to carb up with and it is nice and healthy. This is the reason for the stir also, to get the sugar and yeast mixed well for the bottles. Never had any problems at all with this method, I did before I developed it, but not now.