Brewferm Grand Cru Priming Amounts

[scottish69]

The brewferm documetnation recommends using 90g of sugar for secondary fermentation - this seems rather a lot considering its only a 9 litre kit!

Is that right? Anyone on here gone through this with this specifiec kit?

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[Dill]

Thats correct works out about 1 teaspoon per pint

[PeteH]

I used 90g for this kit, but I'd use about 50g if I did it again. It's very carbonated and needs to be poured into a 2 pint jug, even when cold.

[Dill]

I may be wrong but I have always thought Belgian beers are supposed to be heavily carbonated

[Curious Brew]

I doubled my kit up and am also interested in how much to prime with...

[arturobandini]

When making my Diabolo up I had little frame of reference for priming as I had only looked into it a little. I primed in a secondary using unrefined cane sugar dissolved in a little water and boiled up to kill potential nasties. I doubled up the amount of sugar Brewferm advised (two brews in one) and left it to carbonate.

I've had two testing bottles so far and both have been fairly heavily carbonated following Brewferm instructions. I used a wide mix of mostly brown bottles and did not have a problem with any of them regarding "over-carbonation". Having done only one kit my green advice would be to follow the instructions and go large as has already been said these Beers definitely need the foam. Anyone who has had a bottle of Duvel will know how much fizz is in the commercial brewery versions of these delicious beers.

If anyone is worried about so called bottle bombs then I guess you can keep them covered and out of the way. Despite the brew foaming up big in the glass I haven't had any problems with it whipping up a snow storm of yeast when opening the bottle which is a plus.

[RichardG]

I'd definately second Autorbandini's opinion regarding secondary sugar; it's worth following the kit instructions. I have a Grand Cru which has been conditioning now for the required 8 weeks having used 90gms of sugar at bottling. I used 33cl bottles rather than 500ml. I opened the first one last night, and what a delight it is! Yes, it's highly carbonated, but it definately works with these brews. I've had no yeast storms, and by using smaller bottles with pint glasses am able to pour the bottles without having to stop, decant, or have it overflow.