On Apr 6, 6:05*pm, "Dirty Harry" wrote:
Does anyone here force carbonate sparkling wine? *I have some corny kegs and
lots of Co2 to play with. *Right now I have some white wine in the keg at 35
PSI in the snowbank for about a day. *I've rocked it back and forth a lot to
help the Co2 dissolve. *What pressure do you want to bottle it at? *I have
good quality bottles that I just tried at 35 psi (wearing safety glasses!)
with counter pressure bottler and it worked just fine but the wine is still
lacking major fizz. *Does it need more time? *Also what PSI do most of you
let it soak in at? *This site has a calculator that gave me about 30 psi for
4 volumes at 5C,http://www.iancrockett.com/brewing/info/forcecarb.shtml,
how many volumes do most of you use?
I dont follow that but I shoot for 90 PSIG, 6 atmospheres. I use
natural carbonation though, not compressed gas.
Joe