Priming with Wort

[adixon3]

Has anyone ever primed their beer for bottling with unfermented wort? like before transferring everything into primary removed about 1 liter of wort to save for bottling. Can this work or not?

 

[Gnomebrewer]

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Kraeusening

 

[JKoravos]

Yup, lots of breweries use this technique for bottle conditioning. That's how they carbonate SNPA.

 

[wizzzard]

best way ever..note store in mason jar refrigerated,cap loose.
heavy beer a 20oz will do .almost 40 oz for 1060 or less.

 

[jschein]

Yes, all the time

 

[res291que]

Quote "heavy beer a 20oz will do .almost 40 oz for 1060 or less."

This seems backwards to me, can you clarify ?

 

[fantomlord]

Quote "heavy beer a 20oz will do .almost 40 oz for 1060 or less."

This seems backwards to me, can you clarify ?

higher gravity (heavy beer) has more sugars available to ferment/carbonate, so you need less. Lower gravity (1.060 or less) has less sugar, so you need more to get the same amount of carbonation.