Getting ready to bottle question

littlezracer · Mar 17, 2012

I'm getting ready to bottle my first kit from northern brewer. Its a nut brown ale. In my instructions It says 2/3 cup corn sugar or 5/8 cup table sugar. In the kit is 5oz of brewer's best priming sugar. Is Brewer's best priming sugar corn sugar or table sugar? Thanks.

eastoak · Mar 17, 2012

kit sugar is usually corn sugar and it's best to measure by weight.

HickoryMike · Mar 17, 2012

I'm 99.99999% sure you have corn sugar. Corn sugar is powdery...table sugar is usually granulated.

bleme · Mar 17, 2012

All the NB kits come with 5oz of corn sugar. I always opt out and buy my own. It is significantly cheaper by the pound.

unionrdr · Mar 17, 2012

If you have a scale,you could prime it to style with this calculator; http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

two_one_seven · Mar 17, 2012

Or use the NB one you can select the style you have.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

bleme · Mar 17, 2012

Tastybrew recommends 3.1oz of priming sugar. Northern Brewer recommends 4.23oz. Even if you don't have a scale, you can eyeball it in there somewhere. A scant 2/3 cup will even work in a pinch.

unionrdr · Mar 17, 2012

they all work that way,even the tastybrew one. You select the style 1st. It also depends on the maximum for the style. What it recommends is with your temp & total volume as well. It figures in the amount of dissolved co2 there would be too.

two_one_seven · Mar 17, 2012

unionrdr said:
they all work that way,even the tastybrew one. You select the style 1st. It also depends on the maximum for the style. What it recommends is with your temp & total volume as well. It figures in the amount of dissolved co2 there would be too.

Yep I know, he might not though.......... My first CO2 calculator was a gem that I pulled off the net on a web board in the mid 1990's, it was an Aussie paper, and you had to do math.....gasp....

littlezracer · Mar 17, 2012

Thanks guys, I do have a oz scale to that is what im going to do. As stated Im new to this and had no idea of the scale. Thanks again.

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