How much priming sugar should I leave out

[77bawls]

My batch ended up at 4 gallons instead of five. Should I leave some sugar out or just use the whole bag?

 

[bdupree]

1 oz per gallon is the short answer

 

[WrongCoastBrewery]

Depends on the carbonation level you want. 1oz/gal is a good rule of thumb and always will get you a good level of carbonation. I would suggest a program like Beersmith. It will calculate out, based on batch size and desired carbonation level, how much sugar to use. I love the thing and highly recommend it.

 

[pericles]

Use this calculator: http://tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[Fish4666]

Not to Hijack this thread, but when you buy a kit from say AHS and they give you a bag of priming sugar.... what kind of sugar is it? It doesn't look like table sugar...

Thanks!
-R

 

[sgillespie]

Corn Sugar is the most common

 

[WrongCoastBrewery]

Not to Hijack this thread, but when you buy a kit from say AHS and they give you a bag of priming sugar.... what kind of sugar is it? It doesn't look like table sugar...

Thanks!
-R

Yep, just refined corn sugar.

 

[77bawls]

Depends on the carbonation level you want. 1oz/gal is a good rule of thumb and always will get you a good level of carbonation. I would suggest a program like Beersmith. It will calculate out, based on batch size and desired carbonation level, how much sugar to use. I love the thing and highly recommend it.

Hmm, calculator says 2.4 oz. Now how much is that in volume measurement?

 

[lmnop]

Hmm, calculator says 2.4 oz. Now how much is that in volume measurement?

No offense, but why not just weight it out on a digital scale?

 

[77bawls]

No offense, but why not just weight it out on a digital scale?

I would if I had one.
I need to get a Vinturi Wine Aerator for a Christmas gift at BB&B. Maybe I'll pick one up while I'm there.

 

[WrongCoastBrewery]

I would if I had one.
I need to get a Vinturi Wine Aerator for a Christmas gift at BB&B. Maybe I'll pick one up while I'm there.

I got my scale from BB&B and I also just recently bought one of those Vinturis as well. I got the cheap-o biggest loser scale and I think it was $14.99.

 

[77bawls]

I got my scale from BB&B and I also just recently bought one of those Vinturis as well. I got the cheap-o biggest loser scale and I think it was $14.99.

That's the one I got. Maybe you got it on sale. Mine was $19.99
I seriously dig their kitchen stuff, but they didn't have the type of spoon I wanted. I wanted a stainless or plastic spoon without a two piece handle. A regular old stamped stainless steel spoon would have been great.

 

[77bawls]

Okay so the bag they gave me is 5.4oz there is no way that is just corn sugar since the calculator comes up with 2.4oz. The calculator says 5.6oz for DME 55% AA (eg: Laaglander). The bag just says priming sugar and heading agent.

I think I'm just going to do the whole bag.