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Offline letterc

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priming for bottle conditioning
« on: September 08, 2015, 09:08:07 pm »
I have a stout I want to Bottle, in the past I have had some bottle bombs. Starting gravity was 1.075 and
after 4 weeks terminal is 1.o20, I think it is through.  Question Is there a chart or something that gives
the ratio of priming sugar, (corn sugar), grams per liter , for target volumes of CO2,  so I don't have to
guess how many grams per liter.
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Offline Stevie

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Re: priming for bottle conditioning
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2015, 09:18:07 pm »
Plenty of priming calculators all over the Internet. Where it asks for a temperature, that is the highest temperature the beer reached towards the end or after fermentation.

https://www.google.com/search?q=priming+calculator&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

Offline letterc

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Re: priming for bottle conditioning
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2015, 09:33:53 pm »
Thanks   Steve
I didn't think to check the internet for a calculator, You answered, my question, I will just have to convert to gallons.
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Re: priming for bottle conditioning
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2015, 09:39:27 pm »
I'm sure at least one offers a metric option.

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Re: priming for bottle conditioning
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2015, 09:45:13 pm »
When you've had bottle bombs, has it been the whole batch or just part of it? I find that many new brewers don't mix the priming sugar in well enough, leading to inconsistent carbonation. I always gently mix the beer in the bottling bucket with a sanitized spoon after the beer and priming sugar have been added.
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Offline letterc

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Re: priming for bottle conditioning
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2015, 09:55:06 pm »
Eric B

I am sorry to say it was the whole 26, 22oz bottles, I had to dump the ones that were left really over carbonated, just broke two bottles.
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