Guiness secondary ferment

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Underthethumb

Guiness secondary ferment

Post by Underthethumb » Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:41 am

Quick question for you.

When making bitters and ales I usually add 80 -100 g of sugar before bottling 5 gallons. What would you suggest for a Guiness? I would imagine it's less if anything at all.

Thanks in advance

Scroogemonster

Re: Guiness secondary ferment

Post by Scroogemonster » Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:44 pm

I add 100 gms of cane sugar to a sterilised jug and make up to 500 mls of solution with boiling water from the kettle.
Each bottle is dosed with 10 mls from a syringe before filling.
Gives a decent but not overly carbonated pint.
Hope this helps
Kevin :wink:

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