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Date: 02 Aug 2006 11:39:27
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: priming tablets - need sanitizing?
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i always put some beer into bottles when i keg and i use priming tabs.
How could i go about sanitizing priming tabs? It seems my bottled beer
isnt tasting as good as the beer in the keg. there could be numerous
factors that might go into this but i wonder if my old sugar tablets
might be the problem. I have had the same bag of tablets with a rubber
band wrapped around them for some time and they might be picking up
some bacteria?
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Date: 02 Aug 2006 21:35:12
From: Derric
Subject: Re: priming tablets - need sanitizing?
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> How could i go about sanitizing priming tabs?
I also haven't heard of "sugar" needing to be sanitized - bacteria can't
live in it without water (I guess some could just be sitting on it).
John recommended bulk priming, which is certainly the best. A last
alternative would be to make a syrup (and boil it) and use a sanitized
syringe to dose each bottle.
My logic was (I used table sugar):
4 oz (weight) sugar for 48 (12 oz) bottles yields
1 oz (weight) sugar for 12 bottles.
1 oz (weight) sugar in 1 oz water = ~36 ml
1/12 of 36 ml is 3 ml syrup.
So, for a 1:1 sugar(weight):water(volume) syrup, 3 ml should be a normal
dose for a 12 oz bottle. I'm sure there are better ways to calculate
this... but this worked fine the one time I had to use it.
Derric
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Date: 02 Aug 2006 18:43:53
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: priming tablets - need sanitizing?
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On 2 Aug 2006 11:39:27 -0700, <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote:
> i always put some beer into bottles when i keg and i use priming tabs.
> How could i go about sanitizing priming tabs?
I don't think you need to, but the easiest way I can think of would
be to pre-boil them and bulk prime. That kind of defeats the
purpose of the prime tabs though.
> It seems my bottled beer
> isnt tasting as good as the beer in the keg. there could be numerous
> factors that might go into this but i wonder if my old sugar tablets
> might be the problem. I have had the same bag of tablets with a rubber
> band wrapped around them for some time and they might be picking up
> some bacteria?
I don't think they can. There's actually a point where the sugar
concentration becomes so high that it inhibits bacteria. Other than
airborne bacteria just settling on the prime tabs (which shouldn't
happen wrapped in a bag) I don't think they can spoil or pickup an
infection.
John.
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Date: 02 Aug 2006 18:40:05
From: Phil
Subject: Re: priming tablets - need sanitizing?
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On 2 Aug 2006 18:43:53 GMT, John 'Shaggy' Kolesar <spam@shagg.net >
wrote:
>> It seems my bottled beer
>> isnt tasting as good as the beer in the keg. there could be numerous
>> factors that might go into this but i wonder if my old sugar tablets
>> might be the problem. I have had the same bag of tablets with a rubber
>> band wrapped around them for some time and they might be picking up
>> some bacteria?
>
>I don't think they can. There's actually a point where the sugar
>concentration becomes so high that it inhibits bacteria. Other than
>airborne bacteria just settling on the prime tabs (which shouldn't
>happen wrapped in a bag) I don't think they can spoil or pickup an
>infection.
Bacteria and wild yeasts will not grow on something as hard and as dry
as primetabs. The same rule applies to honey. Unless it's diluted,
it won't ferment.
Phil
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