Batch Priming Question

[VaNewbieWRB]

I'm going to batch prime a 2.5 gallon Belgian ale tonite. I have figured out how many grams of dextrose I'll need to achieve the desired CO2. My question is this: how much water should I use to mix the dextrose and boil prior to bottling? I've read that its 2 cups of water for a 5 gallon batch. By doing the math, taking 2 and dividing by 5 I get .4 cups and multiply by 2.5 that's exactly 1 cup. But I'm wondering if that's correct? Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

 

[Gavin C]

Just use enough water to disolve the sugar. The amount is not important. The weight of sugar is.

~1oz of sugar per gallon of beer is a good starting point.

2.5 gallons needs 2.5oz of sugar (dextrose and cane sugar will have slightly differing amounts)

Use about 200ml of water. That shoud do it.

Mix them in a microwave safe vessel

Bring the mix to a boil in the microwave (give it a swirl half way through making sure all the sugar is disolved)

Once it's at a boil it's sanitized.

Out of microwave and dump it into the bottling bucket.

Rack the beer into the bottling bucket with a short coil in the tubing at the base of the bucket.

This coil will create a gentle swirl mixing beer and priming soln.

Bottle immediately.

 

[VaNewbieWRB]

thank you!

 

[TheHopfather]

I typically use 1/3 cup of water when making my sugar solution for a 2.5gal batch. With the sugar added I end up with roughly a 1/2 cup, I use regular old table sugar, cheaper that way. Like Gavin said, its the sugar that is important here, not the amount of water.

 

[Sailingeric]

Check out Brewers Friend website.. they have a priming calculator that has not let me down

 

[Mexibilly]

http://tastybrew.mobify.me/calculators/priming.html

Just use enough water to dissolve the sugar in, about 1/3 - 1/2 cup probably. I don't measure the water, but I do weigh the sugar.