Beer not carbed? The horror.... the horror

[toxdoc49]

Thank you; I mis-quoted myself on the amount of priming sugar. I ended up using what the priming sugar calculator suggested for corn sugar. Another lesson learned!

 

[toxdoc49]

I’ve never seen a kit with 16oz of priming sugar. Usually its 5oz for a 5g batch and even then I’m using a calculator to make sure I don’t overcarb.

You are right; I mis-quoted myself. Apologies and thank you.

 

[NGD]

You are right; I mis-quoted myself. Apologies and thank you.

No worries, figured it was a mistake. I did buy a kit once that came with 10 or 15oz of corn sugar. 5 was for bottling and the rest was to be added during fermentation to dry the beer out. Boy was I puzzled when I first checked the ingredients though.

One thing to be aware of is even the priming sugar calculators can vary a fair amount depending on what math they use. I personally shoot for low to middle of the range for the style.

Heres an example I ran for fun this morning. This is the suggested amounts of corn sugar for a 5 gallon batch of American pale ale, 68f shooting for 2.4 vols of CO2.

Morebeer: 4.53oz
Brewunited: 4.16oz
Northern Brewer: 4.16oz
Hopstiener: 4.13
Hickory brewer: 4.13

Also keep a lookout for what volume the style generator uses. While I adjusted for 2.4 volumes, Hickory brewer shot for 2.53 just using the style guide.

Either way, have fun. Don’t shoot high and measure twice.