Priming Hefeweizen with 5g dextrose

[ebbelwoi]

I think I've finally found the sweet spot for bottle-carbing Hefeweizen. I pour 5g sachets of dextrose into each 500ml bottle, then fill and cap. I've tried 5g of table sugar, but I don't get the nice creamy snowball.

This is from the latest batch, with WLP351.

Anybody else have similar experiences?

 

[Jag75]

Man that looks great !

 

[Beer Viking]

Looks delicious! Where do you get bulk 5 g packs from? Do you notice a difference in flavor when using dextrose instead of sugar?

 

[ebbelwoi]

Looks delicious! Where do you get bulk 5 g packs from? Do you notice a difference in flavor when using dextrose instead of sugar?

I get them on Amazon Japan. They're marketed as energy boosts. I wonder if you could find them at GNC, iHerb, etc.

 

[McKnuckle]

Depending on the highest temperature your beer reached during fermentation, 5g dextrose (corn sugar) achieves about 3.0-3.1 volumes of CO2 in a 500 mL bottle.

 

[ebbelwoi]

Brewfather tells me it's 3.2 volumes with a peak fermentation temperature of 20C/68F. The carbonation level is just right for my tastes, and I haven't had any problems with swingtops not being able to handle the pressure.

 

[Beer Viking]

Depending on the highest temperature your beer reached during fermentation, 5g dextrose (corn sugar) achieves about 3.0-3.1 volumes of CO2 in a 500 mL bottle.

So 5 gs of dextrose per 500 ml bottle would be safe and not create bottle bombs? What amount would be best in a 355 ml bottle? I'm going to be switching to just 500 ml bottles but right now I'm still using 355 ml ones.

 

[Cammanron]

I think I've finally found the sweet spot for bottle-carbing Hefeweizen. I pour 5g sachets of dextrose into each 500ml bottle, then fill and cap. I've tried 5g of table sugar, but I don't get the nice creamy snowball.

This is from the latest batch, with WLP351.

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Anybody else have similar experiences?

Looks great.... I'm also into bottle priming for several reasons. ... mainly being I don't want to expose the beer to too much oxygen (I read somewhere that a few brewers find doing this beneficial). I also have a bit of difficulty getting the amount just right. My scale isn't as accurate as it should be, so I use teaspoons and even it flat by scraping another spoon over top.
I would like to know the amount of dextrose for a 500ml in tsp. I have u

sed table sugar In the past, but I know that sugars weight is different than dextrose'
A conversation chart I found shows different values for water and sugar (obviously)
So, I guess table sugar has more water content and would need slightly more..