forced vs natural carbonation

[laviscus]

Hi all,

New to home brewing so hopefully this isn't a daft question but couldn't find the answer to this on the forum.

I decided to invest in a couple of cornies from the get go rather than later on. I've started with a brewferm tarwebier kit which makes up to 15l so will fit nicely in a corny. After the initial fermentation it calls for an extra 150g of sugar. With the cornies I'll probably go down the forces carbonation route so I assume I won't need the sugar, but will this effect the taste. Am I better off adding the sugar and allowing natural carbonation or does this sugar nor effect taste at all.

My next kit is a 23 l one so I plan on putting some in the corny and bottling the rest then comparing but the brewferm kit is to small. Cheers for any advice.

 

[phettebs]

The small amount of sugar used to carbonate won't affect the taste one way or another. If you have cornies, just force carb with them. Unless you are going the CAMRA route of course. ;-)

 

[IPA]

Ferment until final gravity is reached ( about 5 days ) rack into another vessel and leave for 7-10 days. After 4 days add finings and then at the end of the 7-10 days rack into the cornie add 80grs sugar give a squirt of gas to seal the lid. Wait a further three weeks before sampling. The first half a pint will be cloudy but after that it will pour crystal clear fight to the last drop. Just don't move the cornie!
All beer that is allowed to naturally condition and mature tastes better! Why use more bottled gas than is necessary? Thats where CAMRA came in when the big 5 brewers decided that we were not going to drink decent beer only pasteurised bland rubbish. Anyone who remembers Watneys will know what I am saying.

 

[phettebs]

All beer that is allowed to naturally condition and mature tastes better!

I think that's a matter of opinion and personal taste...

 

[IPA]

[quote="I think that's a matter of opinion and personal taste...[/quote]

I completely agree it's the taste that counts!