priming sugar

I've brewed some woodfords nogg beer and wonder how much priming sugar to add to my pint bottles? Should I dissolve it first. Don't want it too gassy OK thanks

don't add it to the bottles.

boil your sugar in a cup of water, and add it to the bottling bucket. then rack the beer into it and let it all mix.

then bottle from the bottling bucket.

will yield a much better result, and not nearly as messy.

seems to be the easiest way.

I think it's a good idea to gently stir it after racking to get it well mixed. I give it 100 stirs, including some vertical blending - because I feel like the sugar concentration could be stratified.

do you count the 100 stirs?

(i give it 50, and yes i count)

I don't stir at all and don't have any problems with un even carbonation.

estricklin said:

I don't stir at all and don't have any problems with un even carbonation.

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yeah, but i'm an OCD home brewer.

gary1966 said:

I've brewed some woodfords nogg beer and wonder how much priming sugar to add to my pint bottles? Should I dissolve it first. Don't want it too gassy OK thanks

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I am racking from fermenter to bottling bucket with sugar boiled in water and added to bucket. I usually don't stir it in any way, just bend the cane so it pours in edge of bucket creating slow whirlpool.

To determine how much sugar to add:
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

I've bottled my woodfords nogg beer with priming sugar. I've put the bottles in a warm place. About 18 degrees c. How long should I leave them? Thanks

gary1966 said:

I've bottled my woodfords nogg beer with priming sugar. I've put the bottles in a warm place. About 18 degrees c. How long should I leave them? Thanks

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I usually check one after a week, and they're almost always fully carbed, but they won't taste the best then. For a beer like that i'd wait at least two weeks, if not a month, before bothering to drink any. There's more to bottle conditioning than mere carbonation.

I ended up getting a 1/2" siphon which really gets that stuff swirling! I'm not so concerned with it not mixing well. It seems to do well enough.

gary1966 said:

I've bottled my woodfords nogg beer with priming sugar. I've put the bottles in a warm place. About 18 degrees c. How long should I leave them? Thanks

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18C is 64.4F - that's cooler than normal for bottle conditioning. Revvy's thread about conditioning calls for at least 3 weeks at 70F - my experience matches this. At 18C it would take longer, but I don't know how long. I've been giving mine an extra 2 weeks during the winter months to allow for being cooler.

You can read more about bottling and conditioning in the thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/bottling-tips-homebrewer-94812/