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I'm planning to take about 9 gallons of home-brew on vacation in a couple weeks, and I've arranged for a local brewery to let me use their walk-in cooler and crowler seemer to can up all my brew, so I don't have to take kegs and gas and all that stuff.
My question is this: what's the best way to preserve the beer in the cans (they will be stored cold throughout) and prevent oxidation (all the beers are light in color and very sensitive to oxygen). I was thinking I could add a measured amount of Sodium Metabisulfate to each crowler, but I heard someone on a podcast say that this can affect the flavor and that ascorbic acid might be better. Should I make some sort of distilled water solution and pipette it into each can? how far in advance could such a solution be made and still work? or would it have to be made just in time? Is there anything I'm not thinking of?
Anyone have any thoughts, knowledge, or experience with this? I'm specifically looking for an additive solution, rather than just "flush all the cans with CO2 and be super careful," or "just take the kegs." I'm going to be careful, I'm not going to take the kegs.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael
My question is this: what's the best way to preserve the beer in the cans (they will be stored cold throughout) and prevent oxidation (all the beers are light in color and very sensitive to oxygen). I was thinking I could add a measured amount of Sodium Metabisulfate to each crowler, but I heard someone on a podcast say that this can affect the flavor and that ascorbic acid might be better. Should I make some sort of distilled water solution and pipette it into each can? how far in advance could such a solution be made and still work? or would it have to be made just in time? Is there anything I'm not thinking of?
Anyone have any thoughts, knowledge, or experience with this? I'm specifically looking for an additive solution, rather than just "flush all the cans with CO2 and be super careful," or "just take the kegs." I'm going to be careful, I'm not going to take the kegs.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Michael