first time bottling question

[big supper]

I am going to be bottle soon. A couple questions:

1. I will be mixing 8oz of dextrose with 3/4 cup of hot water. Is that the right amount of sugar?(it is what the store recomended)

2. they recommended transfering to priming bucket. I am impatient and already have my next batch going. Can I add the solution to my secondary carboy and gently mix in the solution and bottle from there?

I would appreciate any feedback! thanks

 

[BlindLemonLars]

1. I will be mixing 8oz of dextrose with 3/4 cup of hot water. Is that the right amount of sugar?(it is what the store recomended)

2. they recommended transfering to priming bucket. I am impatient and already have my next batch going. Can I add the solution to my secondary carboy and gently mix in the solution and bottle from there?

8oz seems excessive, I use 4-5oz of dextrose. (Assuming a 5 gallon batch.)

You're better off using the bottling bucket. That way you can be sure that your priming sugar is evenly distributed throughout your beer. Mixing it into the carboy thoroughly will be difficult without stirring up sediment.

You'll soon find that the words "impatience" and "homebrewing" do not belong together!

 

[McKBrew]

8oz is too much, unless you want super carbonated beer.

3/4 cup is the norm, but if you really want to get down to it the link below gives a carbonation calculator based on beer style.

http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html

 

[big supper]

thanks guys.

so it looks like i should use about 5 oz. dextrose(cane sugar?) Anyone know what this would be in cups or millilitres?

 

[malkore]

dextrose is corn sugar. cane sugar is different.

 

[Bobby_M]

4oz is about 3/4 cup if you have to measure volume.