Carbonation Question

[joekerr1]

So I have an English Ale in primary right now and I want to really emulate the carbonation. Would I use about 2oz of sugar to prime it to low carb levels?

 

[TipsyDragon]

go here to calculate how much sugar you need to add. it depends how much beer you actually have in the bottling bucket and what the highest temp the beer got to after fermentation is over.

 

[frazier]

You can't carbonate until you bottle or keg. You need the pressure to keep the CO2 in solution.

At bottling time, by all means take a taste of the gravity sample. You could, I suppose, mix it with a little seltzer. But really, just get used to the way it tastes at bottling, and mentally estimate the eventual outcome. That's probably more accurate than tasting a diluted carbonated sample.

 

[joekerr1]

Thanks for pointing me to the right area. It also said two ounces to prime it properly