dtapke
Grandmaster Brewer
So, I'm not one to bottle. I hate bottling. why would anyone bottle!? That being said, as I push myself towards being a better brewer and forward to potentially entering some beers into competitions, I've decided to bottle condition some tripel I recently brewed. Basically i had 12 gallons of it, 4 gallons in a keg, 4 gallons to bottles, and 4 gallons to by brewing partner. My 4 gallons kegged i'm going to fine with gelatin (never done) his 4 gallons kegged wont be fined, and then 4 gallons to bottles will be done with fresh yeast, and starter wort.
I pressure can starter wort every so often, I can it at 1.080 so i can blend with water to get 1.036 or so when running starters. this reduces the number of times I have to run the pressure canner.
So, my question is, if i were to bottle with this, could i just use the appropriate amount of starter wort at 1.080 that would equate to the appropriate amount of dme in a calculator such as what is offered by beersmith?
If that's the case it would seem that 1.2L of 1.080 wort would equate to the "DME required" to carbonate 4 gallons of beer to 3.5 volumes of co2. (9.13oz dme per carb calc vs 9oz dme required to make a 1.2L 1.080 "starter")
Is there an easier way of doing this? lol
I pressure can starter wort every so often, I can it at 1.080 so i can blend with water to get 1.036 or so when running starters. this reduces the number of times I have to run the pressure canner.
So, my question is, if i were to bottle with this, could i just use the appropriate amount of starter wort at 1.080 that would equate to the appropriate amount of dme in a calculator such as what is offered by beersmith?
If that's the case it would seem that 1.2L of 1.080 wort would equate to the "DME required" to carbonate 4 gallons of beer to 3.5 volumes of co2. (9.13oz dme per carb calc vs 9oz dme required to make a 1.2L 1.080 "starter")
Is there an easier way of doing this? lol