 aged beer and it's time to carbonate for festivus |
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 Nov 20 2009, 06:22 PM
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BrewBoard jr member  Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: 12-July 05 From: Philadelphia Pa. Member No.: 4,058  |
I brewed a mad elf clone for festivus about 6+ months ago, and now is the time to carbonate.
I don't really have the room in my converted freezer chest, so I was wondering if priming would work with a brew that has been sitting for 6 months. Has anyone out there used priming sugar on an aged beer? |
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Nov 20 2009, 07:20 PM
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BrewBoard member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 17-June 09 From: Casper, Wy Member No.: 14,723 |
i built a holiday ale (OG of 1.110!) i aged this beer in the secodary for 16months, added priming sugar and bottled.
the beer is still the best i've made, it turned out perfectly carbonated. i used champagne yeast for this one. but if you're really worried about it, add a quarter pack of nottingham dry yeast to the priming bucket |
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Nov 20 2009, 08:32 PM
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BrewBoard active member Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 16-June 08 From: Exit 9 Member No.: 12,347 |
Nice to see other brewers with the patience to long age...some of my favorite beers are old timers.
I usually force carbonate in a keg (and in fact don't even like a lot of carbonation of the bigger, older beers), but the couple of times I bottle carbonated I did add some yeast/priming...just to play it safe. They probably didn't need it, though I suspect it would have taken longer for them to carbonate |
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