Comments on: Brewing wheat beer (pt 3) http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/ Very helpful! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Abby http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6339 Abby Thu, 17 May 2007 18:19:02 +0000 http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6339 ok, well i might not make it out that soon. keep brewing this summer and make sure there is a perfect batch ready for me when i visit after Snowball is born :) ok, well i might not make it out that soon. keep brewing this summer and make sure there is a perfect batch ready for me when i visit after Snowball is born :)

]]> By: Colin http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6337 Colin Thu, 17 May 2007 18:00:28 +0000 http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6337 <p>I'm thinking that I'll be bottling by Saturday at this rate, and it will take about five days to carbonate the beer. Feel free to aim for the weekend after next.</p> <p>I've been thinking through my concerns about relying on the bubble rate as a useful absolute measurement... Bubble rate doesn't actually depend on headspace volume; only the time to reach pressure equilibrium depends on that. Lid tightness is also probably a non-issue, as it is for all intents infinitely tighter than the airlock. The only parameter that matters, other than the gas output I want to measure, is the weight of the water sitting above the gas outlets in the airlock, and I can get that pretty well fixed on my model, which has a fill line. Maybe there's something to bubble watching after all.</p> I’m thinking that I’ll be bottling by Saturday at this rate, and it will take about five days to carbonate the beer. Feel free to aim for the weekend after next.

I’ve been thinking through my concerns about relying on the bubble rate as a useful absolute measurement… Bubble rate doesn’t actually depend on headspace volume; only the time to reach pressure equilibrium depends on that. Lid tightness is also probably a non-issue, as it is for all intents infinitely tighter than the airlock. The only parameter that matters, other than the gas output I want to measure, is the weight of the water sitting above the gas outlets in the airlock, and I can get that pretty well fixed on my model, which has a fill line. Maybe there’s something to bubble watching after all.

]]> By: Abby http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6335 Abby Thu, 17 May 2007 16:10:25 +0000 http://entirelysafeandfun.com/wp/2007/05/16/brewing-wheat-beer-pt-3/#comment-6335 wow, col. wow. just let me know when the beer is ready for drinking and i'll fly out to partake :) wow, col. wow. just let me know when the beer is ready for drinking and i’ll fly out to partake :)

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