To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:19 am
by Blood Orange
Fermenting a New Belgium partial mash clone. does not call to prime before bottling. Safe to assume to prime? How Much?
Thanks.
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:37 pm
by brewinhard
Uhhhh... yeah, you definitely will want to prime it you will have no carbonation. But, to help you out we need to know which New Belgium beer you are cloning. Whatever style (or closest to one) that beer is a clone for could dictate how much priming sugar to use.
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:48 pm
by Blood Orange
"Fat Tire" amber.
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:29 pm
by dmtaylor
Always prime. Bottling, I assume? Use 3/4 cup corn sugar per 5 gallons, or 5/8 cup regular white table sugar per 5 gallons, which works just as well and is cheaper.
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:42 pm
by Blood Orange
thanks Dave.
would it be better to go by weight with the sugar?
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:08 am
by dmtaylor
Some would say yes. I would say no. I have brewed over 80 batches using volumetric means of priming sugar measurement for every one. I think measuring by volume is just fine. Go by what I said and you'll be fine.
Re: To prime or not to prime clone
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:40 am
by Blood Orange
Thanks Dave.
Much Obliged.