Carbonation Drops

[WilliamK1]

I found someone who got out of homebrewing, so I bought all his bottles. They are all 16oz bottles and I was wondering how many carb drops to put in when I bottle?

Thanks

[Matty A]

Assuming 16 oz is 500 mls, I used 2 carb drops for some of the bottles. I was led to believe they where 700 mils and until I filled some I was a little confused as to why the fermenter wasn't emptying quickly. Long Story short, nothing has happened yet.

 

I filled the rest of the bottles with one carb drop. I havent tasted this batch as of yet. It has only been in the bottle for a few weeks.

 

Hopefully someone else has something more informative, but I think it has to do with how carbonated you like your beer. Ofcoarse if you put way to many in their it can cause it to explode.

[brianc6]

i usally use 1 carbo drop to 350-375 and 2 for 700-750 ml bottles if you are looking at 500ml i would probably be only guessing but you would need 1 1/2 carbo drops but as you would be told by the more experienced like muddy and pb2 you are better bulk priming which they can give you info on i haven't got into this area yet [cool]

[PB2]

Grolsch swingtop bottles were 16oz for a preiod of time, equates to 473ml bottle.

 

1 carbo drop may yield sufficient fizz for your taste.

 

When you have an array of bottles, varied in volume, bulk priming is a good solution.

[Matty A]

I got some of the Grolsch bottles the other day. They are awesome looking bottles.

 

Paul, I havent started with the bulk priming as of yet but where do I start. Would I be able to pour the sugar into the fermenter 5 minutes before I bottle them or would I need to buy another container of some sort.

 

Thanks,

[PB2]

A recent thread on Bulk Priming

[Matty A]

Thanks Paul,

 

I might try Matthew S4's method where he adds the sugar to the primary fermenter and then bottles from there.

 

Assuming this will make the beer a little cloudier and the sediment will be more mixed through the wort. I guess I will find out if I need another fermenter after I try this.

 

Thanks,

[PB2]

Good Luck! We advise, best to remove the beer from the primary vessel and mix the sugar solution with the beer in the secondary vessel, then bottle. [wink]

[WilliamK1]

Thank you for all your input. Sorry about the oz's should have put that in ml's. Brianc6 got it right, 16 oz's is 473 ml's. I'm making an Irish Stout this batch so I will try one carb drop to see how it turns out.

Thanks again.