Sunday, August 28, 2011

Brew9: Belgian bottling

http://www.byo.com/stories/techniques/article/indices/14-bottling/1212-on-the-yeast-guide-to-bottle-conditioning
http://www.byo.com/stories/beer-styles/article/indices/11-beer-styles/1941-corking-belgians

Equipment: Idophor, 19L kettle, stirring spoon, racking cane, tubing, bottle filler, hydrometer, corn sugar, boil pot, corks, starsan
  1. Measure weight of 1/4 cup DME (~1.4 oz)
  2. Boil 1/4 cup DME in 3 cups water
  3. Cool solution in ice bath
  4. Pitch yeast
  5. Wait 24 hours
  6. Sterilize bottles in oven
  7. Sanitize 19L kettle, stirring spoon, racking cane, tubing, bottle filler, hydrometer
  8. Measure corn sugar according to 9 grams per liter in 2X cups water (3 G beer = ~100 g corn sugar)
  9. Boil and cool
  10. Make starsan solution for corks
  11. Rack beer to kettle
  12. Measure amount of beer
    1. 2.75 in
  13. Measure FG
    1. 1.011
  14. Add corn sugar and yeast to kettle. Stir with spoon.
  15. Bottle beer

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