priming for bottles- advice plz

oms1981 · Jan 11, 2008

The book that I am reading says that to prime for bottling you should boil 16 oz of water and add 3/4 cup corn sugar OR 1 1/4 cup dried malt extract. I have corn sugar and DME both on hand so I could use either. I'm just wondering what is the prefered method if there is one. Any advice?

McKBrew · Jan 11, 2008

Either one will work. Although I personally haven't used it, I've read that DME takes a bit longer. If you are interesting in carbonating a beer based on style, this calculator is great.
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=505514

Scimmia · Jan 11, 2008

Since the fermentability of DME can vary some, corn sugar is usually the preferred priming agent. Plus, you can save the DME for other things.

Joker · Jan 11, 2008

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html

There are also priming calculators that will give you the amout to use depending on beer style.

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