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Bulk Priming
Bottling our beer always seems to be the
part that we enjoy the least and especially now that lots of the bottles we
collect seem to vary in size dramatically. The beer that you mastered in a 375ml
bottle is now over carbonated because the bottles you saved only hold 335ml. On
top of that, measuring sugar for each bottle is clumsy, inconsistent and often
messy.
“Bulk Priming” is simply priming the whole brew
prior to bottling. This allows you to use dextrose instead white sugar, and
saves time and effort better spent on drinking the finished product.
You will need: -
1 x Extra fermenter (Racking bin)
1
x 2mtr racking tube
1 x Tap adaptor
1 x Standard
tap
180g Dextrose
Method:
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1) Make
sure your brew is ready to bottle. Two identical hydrometer readings on
consecutive days is a pretty good indication.
2) Sterilise all your
bulk priming gear (fermenter, racking tube etc.) and place on the floor below
your primary fermenter.
3) Place the tap adaptor into the end of the
racking tube and insert into the tap on the primary fermenter. Place the other
end of the racking tube in the racking bin, which should coil around the
bottom.
4) Dissolve 180g of dextrose in 500ml of boiling water and pour
into the racking bin. Turn the primary fermenter tap on to allow the brew to
flow into the racking bin and mix with the dextrose solution.
5) When
the entire brew has been transferred, give a gentle stir and place up onto bench
ready for bottling.
6) Connect the racking tube to the racking bin and
insert your bottling device into the other end. This allows you to line up your
bottles on the floor and just transfer the tube from one bottle to the next.
(This is much quicker if nothing else)
7) Cap and store as
normal.
Using dextrose for priming produces a cleaner
finished beer with a very fine bubble resulting in a fine creamy head.
Maturation time should not vary compared to your existing
method.
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