So I've been using www.tastybrew.com to play around and see what amount of priming sugar is used for different styles. One of my biggest fears with this being my first brew is that I'm not going to have ENOUGH carbonation after bottling. I've had a few brews from a co-worker of mine that usually seem to have this problem - they're almost flat and I'm really paranoid of that happening.
So with an IPA, tastybrew says 1.5 - 2.3 for the volumes of CO2. How much of a difference is that? Is 1.5 almost flat compared to 2.3 or is that pretty well carbonated?
In tastybrew, I plugged in that I wanted 2.0 for the volume of CO2. Again, this is a guess as I really am not familiar with how this looks in "real life". It's telling me that I need 3.1 oz of corn sugar (or 3.0 oz of table sugar). However, the recipe kit calls for 5 oz of sugar for the priming solution. Even if I bump up the CO2 volume on tastybrew to 2.3 (max recommended value for IPA), it only gives me 3.9 oz of sugar. I had to bump CO2 value to 2.7 in order to have it tell me that I needed 5 oz of priming sugar. Should I follow the recipe or should I follow tastybrew? Anyone have any pictures that depict the difference of CO2 volumes?
Thanks.
So with an IPA, tastybrew says 1.5 - 2.3 for the volumes of CO2. How much of a difference is that? Is 1.5 almost flat compared to 2.3 or is that pretty well carbonated?
In tastybrew, I plugged in that I wanted 2.0 for the volume of CO2. Again, this is a guess as I really am not familiar with how this looks in "real life". It's telling me that I need 3.1 oz of corn sugar (or 3.0 oz of table sugar). However, the recipe kit calls for 5 oz of sugar for the priming solution. Even if I bump up the CO2 volume on tastybrew to 2.3 (max recommended value for IPA), it only gives me 3.9 oz of sugar. I had to bump CO2 value to 2.7 in order to have it tell me that I needed 5 oz of priming sugar. Should I follow the recipe or should I follow tastybrew? Anyone have any pictures that depict the difference of CO2 volumes?
Thanks.
