bottle the 1 gal. batch soon...

[inda_bebe]

around late March i brewed up a simple sour one gallon recipe w/ an OG of 1.055 and threw into a secondary w/ Mangos and Apricots at 1.008. so, a few months past and im wondering how to bottle this thing?

do i need to repitch some yeast a couple days before bottle day? on a carbonation calculator it says to make priming sugar of 0.47oz of corn sugar. do i have to do a 2 cups of water boil like the usual 5 gal. batch? or should i cut it down to .4 cups of water w/ my .47oz corn sugar and add to the bottling bucket?

how long would you guys let this one sit before popping this bad boy open?

 

[tkm]

I've been scheming up plans for 1 gal fermentation, too and wondered what process I old use to bottle, as well. I'm concerned with minimizing aeration and as well as you getting priming sugar right with such a small volume.

 

[ReverseApacheMaster]

All your priming volumes are just 1/5 of what you use in a five gallon batch. Obviously you need a smaller saucepan or pot to heat your priming sugar (you may want to just use a measuring cup in the microwave and keep a good eye on it to stop a boilover).

Did you inoculate those with dregs of sour beers? If so, they are definitely not ready to bottle after three months.

 

[inda_bebe]

I've cultures the dregs starting with 4oz then 6oz then to 32 oz. Then use that to pitch into the 1 gal. Jug

 

[spearko520]

i use the carbonation tablets for my 1 gallon batches.

 

[inda_bebe]

sounds safer. now im just wondering if i should pitch in some fresh yeast a few days before i bottle. i plan on bottling in at the end of this month. tasted this thing and it tastes amazing, now ive found my base recipe.