hi guys,
ive made myself an edme stout, im about to bottle it into 275ml bottles and store it away for a few months. problem Is, i dont know how much brewing sugar to add to each bottle to give the same carbonation as guiness
can anyone help??
also as im a guiness lover, should I use brewing sugar to prime or another type of sugar. I have made this kit with 1kg of dark malt extract
priming edme stout
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Chris The Fish
hard one to call really, a standard ale level of sugar to use would be half a teaspoon (in a pint bottle), however i prefer a little more to my beer.
As for making the carbonation the same as guiness i think your going to be dissapointed. You can make kit more or less fizzy in a variety of different ways but if you bottle then im affraid unless you use a widget you wont get that tight creamy head.
Kegging goes some way towards getting the draught style head, as does adding ingredients like maize - but thats AG brewing and in dont think you can add it to kits - although i may be wrong.
Id go for a little more than a 1/4 teaspoon and leave for at least 6 weeks, ive made up quite a few stout kits and find that the head receedes after a few minutes, but the brew still tastes fine!
hope this helps
Chris
As for making the carbonation the same as guiness i think your going to be dissapointed. You can make kit more or less fizzy in a variety of different ways but if you bottle then im affraid unless you use a widget you wont get that tight creamy head.
Kegging goes some way towards getting the draught style head, as does adding ingredients like maize - but thats AG brewing and in dont think you can add it to kits - although i may be wrong.
Id go for a little more than a 1/4 teaspoon and leave for at least 6 weeks, ive made up quite a few stout kits and find that the head receedes after a few minutes, but the brew still tastes fine!
hope this helps
Chris
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Shn00dleS
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Chris The Fish
Dark spray malt will certainly enhance a stout, i use it in mine but not exclusively.
using 50/50 of dme and glucose will give you roughly the same results as using 'dark beer kit enhancer' were there such a thing.
The deep body and flavour of a stout can only improve the less glucose and more spray malt you put in. Just watch you get down to a half decent FG as some spray malts are more fermentable than others.
using 50/50 of dme and glucose will give you roughly the same results as using 'dark beer kit enhancer' were there such a thing.
The deep body and flavour of a stout can only improve the less glucose and more spray malt you put in. Just watch you get down to a half decent FG as some spray malts are more fermentable than others.