Carbonation drops.

[Wigster]

How many carbonation drops would be recommended for a 500ml bottle?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

1 drop is good for a 12 oz bottle, right? 12 oz is ~355 ml, so I would guess you'd use 1.4 drops for a 500 ml bottle.

 

[MikeCo]

How do you get the .4 - just cut one roughly in half?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

How do you get the .4 - just cut one roughly in half?

I've never used them, but I would assume so. I'm just providing the math skillz.

 

[derekp83]

How many carbonation drops would be recommended for a 500ml bottle?

You could use a combination of those and the tablets i believe Brewers Best makes. 4 tablets make medium carbonation I believe, so maybe a drop and 1 tablet.

 

[MikeCo]

Another option of course is to use a priming sugar calculator and make a priming solution out of corn or table sugar and just mix the solution into the entire batch.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Another option of course is to use a priming sugar calculator and make a priming solution out of corn or table sugar and just mix the solution into the entire batch.

This is what I do. It's very easy. I don't see that the drops would save you that much time.

 

[Snuffy]

This is what I do. It's very easy. I don't see that the drops would save you that much time.

I do it both ways, but it IS easier to just drop the carb drops <plink> into the bottles and then fill right from the secondary w/o the whole mixing transfer to another bucket. The effectiveness of the carb drops is dependent on the style of beer you are bottling as well. I can use one drop in a half-liter bottle of IPA and it will carb till it makes you pour slowly to minimize the foam. The same bottle of a malty english ale might give just a trace of fine bubbles and require a rough pour to get any head at all. I guess that's an example of why the calculators change the priming sugar volume based on beer style.

 

[Wigster]

This is what I do. It's very easy. I don't see that the drops would save you that much time.

I’ve only ever used the drops but i think because it was always the simple option but im looking into priming the batch in the future.

 

[Wigster]

I do it both ways, but it IS easier to just drop the carb drops <plink> into the bottles and then fill right from the secondary w/o the whole mixing transfer to another bucket. The effectiveness of the carb drops is dependent on the style of beer you are bottling as well. I can use one drop in a half-liter bottle of IPA and it will carb till it makes you pour slowly to minimize the foam. The same bottle of a malty english ale might give just a trace of fine bubbles and require a rough pour to get any head at all. I guess that's an example of why the calculators change the priming sugar volume based on beer style.

In the beginning i used to think it was the same for all beers but as they say “you live and learn” and from now on I’ll be asking on here for advice. Honestly this site is a godsend and I’m so i glad i found it.