How Much Priming Sugar for Irish Stout

mikechambers · Oct 27, 2008

I am about to bottle my Irish Stout (extract kit from Northern Brewer).

I have 5 oz of priming sugar from Norther Brewers. How much of the sugar should I use?

My first beer was a Nut Brown Ale and it was a little too carbonated for my liking (5 oz priming sugar). However, 5 oz seemed to work well for my Cream Ale.

Any suggestions?

mike

SenorWanderer · Oct 27, 2008

my first suggestion is to use the search function.

second, did you allow your first beer to finish carbonating all the way or did you start drinking them after a week?

third, you can use this to taylor your carbonation to your liking.

mikechambers · Oct 27, 2008

Drank first one at 3 weeks, but didnt drink most until after 5 or 6 weeks (cream ale). For nut brown ale, it has been a couple of months.

mikechambers · Oct 27, 2008

Looks like it should be about 2.8 oz.

mike

TeleTwanger · Oct 27, 2008

I use 4 oz for most Ales.

Grinder12000 · Oct 27, 2008

I'd go in the 3oz range not knowing the particulars like temp and so forth.

Bob · Oct 28, 2008

[ame="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=carbonation+calculator&btnG=Google+Search&aq=1&oq=carbonation+ca"]carbonation calculator - Google Search[/ame]

The math works. Plug in the info, get a result. The days of "3/4 cup corn sugar" were over ten years ago!

Regards,

Bob

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