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Offline WattsOnTap

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What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« on: February 15, 2017, 08:56:10 am »
I brewed up a Witbier a while back to use as the base for a fruit beer.  After primary, I cold crashed, then racked the Wit onto the fruit puree for secondary.  After racking I was left with a half gallon of very nice Wit, which I captured in a half gallon brown growler and stuck an airlock on it.

How would you go about carbing this up to enjoy?  Can a small growler handle bottle conditioning pressure?

Offline Frankenbrew

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Re: What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2017, 10:06:50 am »
Throw in 1-2 TBSP of table sugar and cap it off. One TBSP will carbonate a growler fairly well, and two will carbonate it a lot.
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Offline tesgüino

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Re: What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2017, 11:35:05 am »
Some growlers are not safe to carbonate in. Do a search for carbonator caps.

Offline JWM1484

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Re: What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2017, 08:59:27 pm »
I got a package of fizz drops that if I have more beer than I can get into my keg I bottle a few with them.

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Offline 1beerbaron

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Re: What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2017, 08:59:02 am »
What about the caps that have ball lock connectors and screw on to 20 fl oz and 2 L pop bottles?

Offline el_capitan

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Re: What to do with a spare 1/2 gallon?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2017, 10:44:47 pm »
What about the caps that have ball lock connectors and screw on to 20 fl oz and 2 L pop bottles?

That's how I roll.  I call it "rescue beer."  I get to sample some of the beer right away and let the rest of it carb up properly.  I have no complaints about mine, other than the initial expense.