Bottle condtioning with gyle

[greggor]

It’s been a while since I have bottle conditioned beer back in the day I would use ¾ cup of corn sugar to 5 gallons on beer. I have been reading that priming with corn sugar can create undesirable flavors and result in larger bubbles and short lived head on the beer. What is the preferred type of sugar to use for bottle conditioning?.

I am thinking of using some gyle that I canned and I am looking for a formula that will guide me as to how much I should use. The original gravity of my fermented wort was 1.08 with a finished gravity of 1.016 the gyle has a gravity of 1.034. Since this is a Trippel I would like 3.0+ volumes of CO2. I found a simple formula online that looks like this and I suspect that this is for 2.5 VOL of CO2 this was from http://www.midwestsupplies.com/faq/bott ... ng_faq.asp

(12 X gallons of wort)
Quarts of gyle= ________________________
(specific gravity – 1)(1000)
Example 5 gallons of wort with a specific gravity of 1.052

(12 X 5)
Quarts of gyle= ________________________
(1.052 – 1)(1000)

Quarts of gyle = 1.15 quarts

While this seems to work I would like a formula that will allow me to adjust tor the volumes of CO2 anybody know of a formula or should I just condition with DME or honey?

[Grist Licker]

Assuming you're talking about 5 gallons of beer, I used Promash to calculate how much DME you would need to reach 3 volumes .72 pounds DME. Then I calculated how much water you would need to bring .72 lbs DME to an OG of 1.034. Just shy of 1 gallon. Adding a gallon of your canned gyle is going to really dilute your beer. Promash says 5.73 oz of corn sugar will give you 3 vols. I would use that.

You won't notice a change in flavor with corn sugar unless you are using it as like 15% or more of your malt bill. DME is OK also, but it's more expensive, and will add a little more maltiness and sweetness to your beer. If you're not needing to correct a beer that is too dry, use the corn sugar.

Also, Promash kicks ass and you should get it.

[Schmartz]

Take a look at this page:

http://beerbarons.org/publications/arti ... index.html

There's a series of tables that show based on OG how much gyle you need for different levels of carbonation.

[greggor]

Found a killer little spreadsheet on the web lets you plug in any type of fermentable and gives you the volumes of CO2 result. Found it on HBT.com Here is the direct link and the Excel spreadsheet is embedded in the document, its really nice.
http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Accurately_Calculating_Sugar_Additions_for_Carbonation