I have a 3 gallon batch of Belgian Golden Strong Ale that just finished its 10 day fermentation schedule and I am planning on cold crashing it tonight. The problem is I bought these 375ml Belgian bottles with crowns so I can carbonate this beer to 4 volumes. These bottles supposedly crack easy unless you change your capper to the 29mm size. I tried a dry fit with a standard cap and it felt pretty easy to pop off and could be spun by hand. I don't have much confidence and don't want either the beer to be flat or the caps to fly off so I want to do a single bottle before I cold crash it.
I calculated that I can put 5 grams of dextrose in a single bottle to get 4 volumes but obviously I can't dilute that in a bunch of boiling water as I normally would. Can I get away with just sanitizing the bottle and adding the sugar to the bottom and using my wine thief to fill the bottle carefully? I can then put that bottle in a trash bag and check on it after a week to see if it carbed ok. Does this seem reasonable?
I calculated that I can put 5 grams of dextrose in a single bottle to get 4 volumes but obviously I can't dilute that in a bunch of boiling water as I normally would. Can I get away with just sanitizing the bottle and adding the sugar to the bottom and using my wine thief to fill the bottle carefully? I can then put that bottle in a trash bag and check on it after a week to see if it carbed ok. Does this seem reasonable?
