quick bottle priming question

[rickyspalding]

my batch is a screw up, so its my own experiment, but it started out a mr beer kit, now I followed the mr beer kit instructions to add 1 tsp of sugar per 16 oz bottle, now i put the sugar in without dilution, is just having granulated sugar in the bottles now going to work as a primer? I know yeast will do their thing, but will this just go slower or not really work this way? Thanks

 

[hector]

If you add the sugar that way , your Beer is in danger of contamination .

The sugar should be dissolved and the Solution must be boiled for 15 minutes .

Besides , by adding the sugar directly to the Bottle , how can you be sure that it would be dissolved completely ?!

Hector

 

[frazier]

It might help if you gently invert the bottles to swirl the sugar around inside. It will work, but it is definitely a makeshift way of priming. I think that Mr. Beer wants to emphasise the "Hey, see how easy this is?" method of brewing, sometimes to the detriment of the process as a whole. But it will work.

 

[rickyspalding]

hey, i just went off the mr beer directions

"3.2. Add white granulated sugar to bottles
in the amounts shown below:
BOTTLE SIZE SUGAR AMOUNT
12 OUNCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 TSP.
16 OUNCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TSP.
20 OUNCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/4 TSP.
22 OUNCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/2 TSP.
1 LITER/QUART BOTTLE* . . . . . . . 2 1/2 TSP.
2 LITER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1/2 TBSP.
3 LITER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/4 TBSP.

Place caps on bottles, hand tighten,
then invert several times."

Its too late to worry about contamination, the step has been done

I was just wondering the difference between this way and dilution. Thanks!

 

[rickyspalding]

Thanks frazier, I did a Mr Beer for the first time to get a feel, but now Im on to a Brewers Best Baltic Porter. Thanks again