Carbonation tablets

[Steeley]

Hi Guys
Need your help, I have a couple of barrels going at present , but I have been given some swing top bottles, some 500ml some 750ml, been reading some reviews about this of how many tablets to place in the bottle when the brew is ready, now because I read that 1 tablet is ok for 500ml bottle, it was obvious to me that 1 1/2 tablets for a 750ml, easy, but I have been reading all sorts of combinations, so question is if I do the above I want have the larger bottles exploding, I am putting some woodfordes wherry in them, thanks a lot guys for your help.

 

[The Cat]

I've always read 2 drops per 500ml bottle. Am happy to be corrected but it's worked for me.

 

[Steeley]

So that would mean then 3 tablets for the 750 bottle, would that not be to much?, when I put them down in my cellar , I don’t want to hear explosions like the gunpowder plot ha, and you have had no explosions with 2 tablets in the 500 ml bottles?.

 

[The Cat]

It should say on the packet - which ones have you got?

 

[AnimatedGIF]

I think it depends on the brand as to how many per type of bottle. I appreciate it's not what you're asking, but is batch priming an option?

 

[terrym]

Why not just use table sugar?
Then use this to estimate how much sugar you require for your bottles
https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/And then you get it spot on for the style of beer, for priming individual bottles, or for whether you batch prime.

 

[Steeley]

It should say on the packet - which ones have you got?

Coopers

 

[Steeley]

I think it depends on the brand as to how many per type of bottle. I appreciate it's not what you're asking, but is batch priming an option?

By batch priming, you mean?

 

[Steeley]

Why not just use table sugar?
Then use this to estimate how much sugar you require for your bottles
https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/And then you get it spot on for the style of beer, for priming individual bottles, or for whether you batch prime.

Cheers for that I will have a look at the table

 

[terrym]

@Steeley
Batch priming is where you add all the priming sugar to the entire volume to be bottled, eliminating the need to individually prime each bottle. Of those that batch prime most seem to make up a sugar solution, add that to a 'bottling bucket' and then rack from the FV into the bucket. Then having ensured the sugar is properly mixed in, bottling is done from the bucket.
Each homebrewer has their own preference when it comes to priming. Some prefer individually priming each bottle, some batch priming. But there is no right or wrong way.

 

[Steeley]

@Steeley
Batch priming is where you add all the priming sugar to the entire volume to be bottled, eliminating the need to individually prime each bottle. Of those that batch prime most seem to make up a sugar solution, add that to a 'bottling bucket' and then rack from the FV into the bucket. Then having ensured the sugar is properly mixed in, bottling is done from the bucket.
Each homebrewer has their own preference when it comes to priming. Some prefer individually priming each bottle, some batch priming. But there is no right or wrong way.

So in that context when you make beer in a barrel, you put the priming sugar in boiling water put it in the barrel then transfer the beer to the barrel as you are doing in the bottling bucket, and as you say the bottling is done from the bucket, so I have two options there , thank you so much Terrym.

 

[AnimatedGIF]

By batch priming, you mean?

Nothing more to add to Terry's answer. As he said, each has their preference. The downside to batch priming in this way is that you need another bucket, which needs sanitising, and there's an additional transfer if bottling. I do it this way as I prefer the effort to sanitise the bottling bucket agaisnt the effort f priming individual bottles, particularly when the bottles are of different sizes. As has already been said, it's all down to preference and batch priming is not for everyone. I'd say if you can, give it a go - that way you'll soon find out whether it's for you.

 

[AXW123]

Does it say on the packet how much each carbonation tablet weighs?

 

[Steeley]

Nothing more to add to Terry's answer. As he said, each has their preference. The downside to batch priming in this way is that you need another bucket, which needs sanitising, and there's an additional transfer if bottling. I do it this way as I prefer the effort to sanitise the bottling bucket agaisnt the effort f priming individual bottles, particularly when the bottles are of different sizes. As has already been said, it's all down to preference and batch priming is not for everyone. I'd say if you can, give it a go - that way you'll soon find out whether it's for you.

Thanks I have a decision to make and I have about 5 days to make it before the brew is ready.