How much sugar for priming

[mlloret]

I have a brown ale in a primary for a 2 weeks. Nowadays is FG 1016. (IG 1054)
I have read that for priming put inside each bottle 1 tea spoon of sugar (dextrose or brown sugar). I think that the objective is to increase the G in two points (about 4-6 gr. sugar per liter). Do i need to put sugar before bottling or not? How many sugar?

 

[atom]

you're better off you prime the entire batch. is it a 5 gallon batch? prime to about 2 volumes of CO2 which is 2.8oz of corn sugar.

http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[amandabab]

do not bottle prime.
no matter how good you are you will never get concistancy, even with tablets.

 

[Revvy]

It's really better to measure by weight not by volume, and to bulk prime, taking your amount of priming sugar, boiling it in 2 cups of water and add it to a bottling bucket that you then siphon your beer into to mix it.

Read my bottling tips sticky for a more thorough explanation.

 

[jmprdood]

mlloret; Es posible utilizar el azucar al carbonato sus botellas....gentes aqui no gustan pero no es verdad que es inconsistente. Utilizo el azucar por mis botellas y no tengo problemas con la aplicacion. Por la brown ale, utiliza cucharadita de 3/4 por botella 500ml. Si tiene una otra contendor, utiliza el metodo de bulk prime. Relajado y hace que es mejor para usted....

Salud!

 

[Yooper]

mlloret; Es posible utilizar el azucar al carbonato sus botellas....gentes aqui no gustan pero no es verdad que es inconsistente. Utilizo el azucar por mis botellas y no tengo problemas con la aplicacion. Por la brown ale, utiliza cucharadita de 3/4 por botella 500ml. Si tiene una otra contendor, utiliza el metodo de bulk prime. Relajado y hace que es mejor para usted....

Salud!

I agree, that should be fine. I do prefer bulk priming for myself, but I don't see a problem with adding the sugar to the bottle if you want to try that.

Do they have Munton's or Cooper's carb tabs (or carbonation drops) in Spain?

I wouldn't use the brown sugar, but instead use the dextrose. I think that jmprdood's saying 3/4 teaspoon is about right, but might be a tad low.

 

[JeffoC6]

I agree, that should be fine. I do prefer bulk priming for myself, but I don't see a problem with adding the sugar to the bottle if you want to try that.

Do they have Munton's or Cooper's carb tabs (or carbonation drops) in Spain?

I wouldn't use the brown sugar, but instead use the dextrose. I think that jmprdood's saying 3/4 teaspoon is about right, but might be a tad low.

Now you're just showing off :fro:

 

[Yooper]

Now you're just showing off :fro:

Hablo espanol, un poco.

 

[Revvy]

I'm impressed.

 

[mlloret]

My question is to prime or not do to a FG too high.
If I prime sugar the FG in bottle would be almost 1018. Do bottles crash it?

 

[jmprdood]

Priming does raise the FG a little, but if you keep it to a reasonable amount (4-5 oz for 5 gallons or less than a tsp per bottle, it won't make a big difference)