Priming?

[RookieBrew]

Hey all, quick question about priming: I know generally 3/4 cup of corn syrup is recommended for priming for bottling. What is the equivilant if I was to use light DME?

Thanks!

 

[Lounge Lizard]

Quick, eh? Ask and you shall receive.

1.25 cups of DME per five gallon batch.

BTW: it is corn sugar that is recommended at 3/4 cup.

 

[RookieBrew]

So I just went looking around at recepies and cant actually find any that prime with corn syrup, they all prime with corn sugar (whoops). Am I totally screwed?

 

[Lounge Lizard]

So I just went looking around at recepies and cant actually find any that prime with corn syrup, they all prime with corn sugar (whoops). Am I totally screwed?

I'm sure a few people use corn syrup from time to time, but I don't know the ratio. For the little bit of sugar that goes into priming, regular table sugar will work without causing a cidery taste. Boil 3/4 of a cup in a cup of water, or use the DME at 1 1/4 cups.

 

[RookieBrew]

I boiled up 3/4 cup corn syrup with some water, I am just hoping this isnt much higher in sugar content than corn sugar (even as i write this i cant help but think this is a ridiculous statment).

eeek

 

[Lounge Lizard]

Check this out:


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



I guess if you use table sugar, you might want to cut it back to 2/3 of a cup.