Jellybeans for bottle conditioning

[uberlad]

I'm thinking about doing a cream ale in 2-3 weeks but want to put a little Easter spin on it. So I came up with the idea of using Jellybeans when I bottle.

Similar to Cooper's Carb Drops, I'd put half a jellybean into each bottle to kick off the carbonation process. Each jellybean has 7.7 grams of sugars and 10.3g total carbs, according to the nutrition information. Coopers carb drops have 3.36g of sugar and 4.05g total carbs. Would this work?

 

[two_hearted]

This is a hilarious idea!

I would test how they dissolve before using them. Also check the ingredients if they have any preservatives that might inhibit the yeast.

 

[Revvy]

Jellybeans these days are usually coated in a waxy 'food grade laquer' that maybe difficult for the yeast to actually break down. Also there are gums in there to make the jellybean the way it is.

It is doubtful it would ever break down to get the requisite sugar needed to do the job.

If you want to prime with candy, the best way is to melt hard candies down in a double boiler and treat that as your priming solution. You could try that with your jellybeans but more than likely they wouldn't even melt down, or would and you'd see all the nasty unfermenable sludge that goes into them.

Jolly Ranchers are actually the best for this. I know a few folks who make snhapps with melted jolly ranchers as the flavoring.

I give detailed info on priming with alternative primers including fruit juice (including the link to the podcast,) and other sugars in my bottling stickey- Scroll to the lower half of this post.

But they usually have to be dissolvable easily by the yeast or broken down first.

 

[TimTrone]

On the plus side, if you can liquefy the beans somehow, there's a good bit of gelatin in the beans.

 

[uberlad]

Jellybeans these days are usually coated in a waxy 'food grade laquer' that maybe difficult for the yeast to actually break down. Also there are gums in there to make the jellybean the way it is.

It is doubtful it would ever break down to get the requisite sugar needed to do the job.

If you want to prime with candy, the best way is to melt hard candies down in a double boiler and treat that as your priming solution. You could try that with your jellybeans but more than likely they wouldn't even melt down, or would and you'd see all the nasty unfermenable sludge that goes into them.

Jolly Ranchers are actually the best for this. I know a few folks who make snhapps with melted jolly ranchers as the flavoring.

I give detailed info on priming with alternative primers including fruit juice (including the link to the podcast,) and other sugars in my bottling stickey- Scroll to the lower half of this post.

But they usually have to be dissolvable easily by the yeast or broken down first.

Very helpful. Probably gonna switch to the Jolly Rancher idea. Thanks!

 

[Tex60]

I was recently told of someone using "red hots" to prime a beer and how well the results turned out and I too thought of what if one where to use jelly bellies and specifically picked out a flavor that would compliment the desired results