Low gravity session beer, questions on bottling

[Darklordenron]

I brewed up this concoction yesterday:

.75 lbs Cara-Pils Malt
2 lbs CBW Golden Light DME
.5 oz. Saaz @60 min
.5 oz. Saaz @10 min
Safale US-05

I'm going to be adding a can of liquified Oregon Blueberries in heavy syrup to the mix once it finishes fermenting. I got a gravity reading of 1.028 or so once it was at room temp, before pitching.

If it ferments out to my expected 1.008, that would leave me with a beer that's around 2.58% abv. ?! Damn, that's a really really low grav. beer right there! My question is how much priming sugar to add since I don't want to overpower it with bubbly.

 

[Darklordenron]

sorry if I posted in the wrong thread, I just realized where I was doh!

 

[swoof]

How many gallons of beer? I'd just use the Northern Brewer priming calculator and choose the Mile Ale or British Bitter kit.

 

[Darklordenron]

sorry, it was a 2.5 gallon batch. Fermentation has already begun so I added a can of blueberries already in hopes that it will up the ABV a percentage point or so. We'll see! Thanks for that link, it's real helpful!

 

[Yooper]

sorry, it was a 2.5 gallon batch

I'd use 4.5-5 ounces for a 5 gallon batch (by weight), since I'd like it well carbonated. For a half sized batch, I'd use have that amount, so 2.25-2.5 ounces of corn sugar by weight.

 

[Darklordenron]

Thank you!

 

[jtakacs]

a good rule of thumb is just under an ounce of priming sugar per gallon to hit about 2.5 volumes... move it up or down based on what you want. with a session beer that low, i'd probably be inclined to drop it below 2.5 slightly. maybe 2 ounces for a 2.5 gallon batch..

curious as to how this comes out, i'm a firm believer super low gravity beers are harder to make. i've never had a good homebrew that started under .030... always grossly out of balance in some way.

 

[Darklordenron]

Well I've never actually brewed one that's been this low before! I will certainly let you know how it is by posting in this thread again. Next time however I will try very hard to get it to 4% perhaps a bit over that, maybe 4.2% or so.