conditioning in bottles

[maverpole]

hi im new to this homebrewing but the kits i have done up to now have been lager and stout and real ale all coopers my question is the kits have all stated the same amount of sugar in the bottles but since lager is a gassy drink and stout is a smooth drink how can this be one size cant fit all

 

[Dunfie]

It all comes down to personal preference. Some people prefer their beer with a bit more carbonation so they will add a bit extra sugar to achieve that.

Guiness, and the smoothflow type beers, are a different kettle of fish. They employ the use a mix of CO2 and Nitrogen to achieve the smoothness. You cannot achieve that type of effect when you bottle condition as you only create CO2.

 

[shearclass]

Use approx 8g of sugar per litre for lagers, 4g per litre for less gassy drinks.

That's jsut a rough guide, use whatever suits you. 8g per litre is roughly one teaspoon per pint bottle, 4 g obviously therefore being 1/2 teaspoon per pint.

Hope this helps.

 

[lovelldr]

Use approx 8g of sugar per litre for lagers, 4g per litre for less gassy drinks.

That's jsut a rough guide, use whatever suits you. 8g per litre is roughly one teaspoon per pint bottle, 4 g obviously therefore being 1/2 teaspoon per pint.

Hope this helps.

Surely that's quite a lot?!

I batch prime, so according to your notes, I should use 160g for ales (less gassy drinks) for the 40 pints. That's far too much imo. I'd say to use approx 100g for less gassy and 160g for most gassy... per 40 pints... But that's my opinion

 

[alanywiseman.]

I have noticed peoples defination of 'less gassy' varies a lot. I batch primed 90g for an ale and it is a bit too much for me and have just primed a pilsner with 110g. Both of thoughs were 40 pints.

People on this forum seem to prime with 70g up to about 140g for ales. it is all down to personel taste it seems.

 

[graysalchemy]

I use about 5g per litre for an ale I have used as much as 7g and it hasn't been over gassy.