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Post by poptop on Apr 8, 2020 6:34:11 GMT -6
My 3711 Saison is ready to come off the mangoes and since I have plenty of 22 ounce PET bottles and am bored, I'm going to go for it. It's about a 7% beer. It was put in secondary. It has dropped pretty clear (not a concern) but do you think there will be enough yeast to chew through my standard 3/4 cup of sugar or should I add yeast? If anyone might suggest a dose of yeast, keep in mind I've never done that and all I have is either Diamond or 34/70. How much would I mix in? Would I cream the yeast prior to adding to the bottling vessel etc?
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 8, 2020 6:41:50 GMT -6
How long was it in secondary?
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Post by poptop on Apr 8, 2020 7:18:44 GMT -6
3 weeks at least
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Post by bklmt2000 on Apr 8, 2020 7:22:22 GMT -6
I wouldn't add extra yeast. The little bit left should be plenty to carb the beer in the bottle.
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 8, 2020 7:28:20 GMT -6
I wouldn't add extra yeast. The little bit left should be plenty to carb the beer in the bottle. I second this. |
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Post by poptop on Apr 8, 2020 7:39:18 GMT -6
Thanks. I always read big beers require it. At 7% if you say I'm good then good. If I had the keezer space I'd just keg the beer  Too much on hand, damn the luck. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 8, 2020 7:45:47 GMT -6
7% is big but not huge and in all my bottling days I never, ever added yeast. Yes, I make wimpier beers than that but some beers of mine sat in secondary for a month or more and looked filtered by the time I bottled them and there was still enough viable yeast for carbing. Keep us posted... should be interesting.
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 8, 2020 8:07:11 GMT -6
For what it's worth, a couple years back, buddy and I did a big 10% Russian Stout, aged in a freshly emptied barrel for a month or so, and bottle primed. It took longer then useal, but carbonated without a hitch. Your 7% beer will carb up just fine.  |
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Post by poptop on Apr 9, 2020 14:00:49 GMT -6
I think Saturday I'm going to bottle
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Post by Ken on Apr 9, 2020 14:18:16 GMT -6
I think Saturday I'm going to bottle That will be very nostalgic. I can't remember the last time I did it with priming sugar, etc. I did bottle some stuff from keg-to-bottle but it's such a hassle and the beer ends up oxidized. How much sugar will you use? |
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Post by poptop on Apr 9, 2020 14:28:20 GMT -6
3/4 cup (Polish precision) and I have shoot CO2 into each bottle. I rack to a keg and use a picnic to bottle. Works for me. Plus PET's are the way to go. I've made bombs.
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Too much on hand, damn the luck.
