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The carbonation tool is used to estimate the corn sugar needed for carbonating bottled beer or pressure needed for carbonating a keg of finished beer.

Note that the carbonation level is measured in volumes of CO2. One liter of CO2 gas dissolved into 1 liter of water would be 1 volume of CO2. Typical beer styles range from 1.8 volumes (a relatively flat English beer) to 3.0 volumes for a highly carbonated German beer. Most average beers are in the 2.3-2.7 volume range.

Note that the recipe system supports Carbonation Profiles which offer additional flexibility in bottling and kegging.

Online Articles: How to Keg Homebrewed Beer

Using the Carbonation Tool

o	Select the Carbonation Tool from the Tools menu or ribbon.

o	Enter the target number of volumes of CO2 which will determine your carbonation level. Most beers require between 2.0 and 3.0 volumes, though a few styles run lower or higher than that range.

o	If bottling, enter the temperature of the beer when it is bottled (often room temperature). If kegging, enter the intended storage temperature for the keg (typically the temperature of the refrigerator you will be storing the keg in).

o	Enter the volume of the finished beer

o	If kegging, the tool will display your target carbonation pressure for forced carbonation. As an alternative you can also consider naturally carbonating your keg with the amount of corn sugar shown, though natural carbonation in kegs is rarely used today.

o	For bottling, the corn sugar weight or alternatively dry malt extract weight to use for bottling the beer is displayed.