JoppaFarms
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Hey all, I have a 5.0 gallon Saison that got up to 78 degrees while fermenting. Northern Brewer's priming sugar calculator says I need like 8.87 oz of DME to prime to a traditional 3.2 volumes.
This seems like a LOT to me and this is the first time I'm using DME to prime. It says it would be equivalent to 6.6 oz corn sugar which seems about right since 5 oz is generally about 2.4 volumes. Makes sense that another 0.8 volumes equates to 1.6 oz corn sugar.
I guess the 9 oz scares me. I don't want bottle bombs!
P.S. the beer has been fermenting in primary for 23 days and is down to 1.004 using 3711.
This seems like a LOT to me and this is the first time I'm using DME to prime. It says it would be equivalent to 6.6 oz corn sugar which seems about right since 5 oz is generally about 2.4 volumes. Makes sense that another 0.8 volumes equates to 1.6 oz corn sugar.
I guess the 9 oz scares me. I don't want bottle bombs!
P.S. the beer has been fermenting in primary for 23 days and is down to 1.004 using 3711.