Re: Carbonating already bottled conditioned high gravity beer.
Posted by Glen - Wed 2/2/00 18:00

Rob,
Sorry for being unclear! I did the test bottles (experiment) to see if my priming sugar was viable! When I confirmed that it was...( by my experiment working) I boiled 4 ounces of water and rehydrated 1/2 oz.of Nottingham. I then put 2 nice drops in each bottle, from a sanitized eye dropper.( I thought this wasn't much...but it is enough!)
About the Nottingham...I have no idea how much alchohol it can handle, but in my case it worked.....and this Barley wine was pretty large. If you are brewing belgians....you might want to try a yeast that is more in style. I chose the Nottingham because I believed that it wouldn't interfer with the beer that I had.
The procedure you outlined in the previous note will work. That is what I will do from now on, whenever I brew a high gravity beer!!!( as I don't want to go through this again!!) LOL!! I had already added the priming sugar and bottled...and 1 month later.....zilch!!
Best of luck with your brew.......Glen

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