How much priming sugar?

Hello all,
Quick question. I will be bottling my first Irish Red Ale tomorrow after a 7 day primary, 10 day secondary. How much priming sugar should I use? My homebrew shop just gives me a 5 ounce packet..should I use all 5 ounces?
Thanks for the help..
Cheers!

use all 5oz. dissolve it in 2 cups of boiling water. Add it to the bottling bucket then transfer your beer to the bottling bucket.

+1 to the above.

1 oz per gal is a good general rule of thumb, but you may want to adjust based on sytle.

http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html


http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html


Irish Red: 2.4 volumes of CO2 = 4 oz. You want it extra bubbly....go the whole pack.

1 ounce per gallon will get you around 2.8 volumes of Co2 when the beer is bottled at 75F.

Pale Ale
Classic English Pale Ale 1.5 to 2.3
India Pale Ale 1.5 to 2.3
American Style Pale Ale 2.26 to 2.78

git outta hier metuchen, yoo's not wilcome 'round these pahts. <just kidding btw

use the carbonation calculator as noted above. the whole 5 oz is prob just a touch too much, imo 3 oz might be more appropriate. it is all a matter of how carbonated you want your beers! for example:

Carbonation Calculator
Styles: Irish Pale
Enter the desired volumes of CO2: 2
Choose a method: Bottle Priming
Volume being bottled (gallons): 5
Beer temperature at bottling (°F): Residual CO2: 0.9 volumes
Priming Ingredient: Corn Sugar
Recommended quantity: 3.06 oz. (86.6g)