Hibiscus tea gose

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by DavidlovesCBC, Jun 8, 2016.

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  1. DavidlovesCBC

    DavidlovesCBC Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2014 Florida

    So I plan to add hibiscus tea at bottling to my Gose. I know there's some sugars in the tea. How would I go about adjusting my priming sugar to account for it
     
    #1 DavidlovesCBC, Jun 8, 2016
  2. Buck89

    Buck89 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,782) Feb 7, 2015 Tennessee
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    I made a tea with 4 oz Hibiscus in 32 oz water, steeped for 5 min, but kegged it. Sorry this is not more helpful.
     
    #2 Buck89, Jun 8, 2016
  3. Davl22

    Davl22 Maven (1,341) Sep 27, 2011 New Hampshire
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    I suppose you could make a cup of the tea and use a refractometer to pick up any of the sugar content, then subtract that from what you plan on priming with.
     
    #3 Davl22, Jun 9, 2016
  4. ryane

    ryane Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2007 Washington

    what sugars would be in hibiscus tea? unless there was added sugar?
     
    #4 ryane, Jun 9, 2016
  5. DavidlovesCBC

    DavidlovesCBC Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2014 Florida

    last time i used straight hibiscus in the secondary it started a second fermentation
     
    #5 DavidlovesCBC, Jun 9, 2016
  6. ryane

    ryane Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2007 Washington

    Why do you say that??
     
    #6 ryane, Jun 9, 2016
  7. DavidlovesCBC

    DavidlovesCBC Initiate (0) Jan 25, 2014 Florida

    I am assuming there's sugars in the hibiscus hence the second fermentation.
     
    #7 DavidlovesCBC, Jun 10, 2016
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