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Jlsbrew

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I forgot to order priming sugar and didnt realize it until I had the beer in the bottling bucket. I have powdered and table sugar which one should I use and how much?
 
Ive been having really good results with organic evaporated cane sugar.dme is really good.I also undercarbed with dextrose so maybe ill think differnt of it if i get it again and use more to carb, although i think there is enough "corn" in too many of the foods we eat.In my opinion corn is kinda a cheap filler,and supposibly carbes the fastest,but i think the more refined the sugar the faster it metabolizes with the yeast but i dont care for overprocessed food, kinda why i started homebrewing in the first place-unpasterized beer.
 
Another vote for table sugar. 3/4 tsp per 12 oz. bottle should treat you ok.

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Not sure if you're priming in the bottles, or priming the entire batch. I usually just prime the whole thing. 1oz table sugar per gallon has always worked for me.
 
i know everyone already said table sugar(use it). but the reason you dont want to use powdered sugar is that it has some other stuff in it other than sugar. cornstarch to keep if from clumping and stuff like that. or if you have dme you could use that
 
After posting I realized I had some dme so I just used it I think it will work just fine. Thanks for all the quick replies!
 
I just bottled 5 gallons of Vanilla Porter and used 2/3 cup of corn sugar for priming. Not sure of the exact conversion to table sugar, but it should be pretty close. Good luck.

NRS
 
Just bottled 5 gal of Canadian Ale with a twist used 4.6 oz of corn sugar and all I have to say is I really need a kegging system. BOTTLING SUCKS.
 
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