How much table sugar to carb

[Dougie63]

how much table sugar to carb a brown ale Ive seen 5/8 cup but my math skills suck and my measuring cup doesnt do 5/8 cup

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

how much table sugar to carb a brown ale Ive seen 5/8 cup but my math skills suck and my measuring cup doesnt do 5/8 cup

Ive just kegged up an English brown ale.

7 table/dessert spoons of table sugar in a pint glass, fill to an inch from top with boiling water, stir, let it cool, and add to keg before racking up.

Mine turned out beautiful.

 

[BrewKnurd]

how much table sugar to carb a brown ale Ive seen 5/8 cup but my math skills suck and my measuring cup doesnt do 5/8 cup

5/8 is halfway between 1/2 and 3/4. Does your measuring cup do those?

 

[SasquatchSmith]

Ive just kegged up an English brown ale.

7 table/dessert spoons of table sugar in a pint glass, fill to an inch from top with boiling water, stir, let it cool, and add to keg before racking up.

Mine turned out beautiful.

Question about bottling - my first brew is fermenting now. When i'm ready to bottle it and get the sugar/water mixture ready and add it to the beer, do I just lightly stir it in so it ends up equally distributed?

 

[MuchoGusto]

Question about bottling - my first brew is fermenting now. When i'm ready to bottle it and get the sugar/water mixture ready and add it to the beer, do I just lightly stir it in so it ends up equally distributed?

Absolutely. I use a 5 gal. bucket with a spigot for bottling. I dump the priming sugar solution into the bucket first and siphon the wort into the bucket stiring gently as it fills.

 

[BrewKnurd]

Question about bottling - my first brew is fermenting now. When i'm ready to bottle it and get the sugar/water mixture ready and add it to the beer, do I just lightly stir it in so it ends up equally distributed?

I go for the no effort approach: add sugar water. curl siphon tubinjg around the bottom of the bottling bucket. then the beer flowing into the bucket naturally swirls around, mixing perfectly with no need to stir. that way i can keep my bucket covered with foil, minimizing exposure.

EDIT: wort?!? What am I saying, it's beer now! Fixed it.

 

[SasquatchSmith]

I go for the no effort approach: add sugar water. curl siphon tubinjg around the bottom of the bottling bucket. then the wort flowing into the bucket naturally swirls around, mixing perfectly with no need to stir. that way i can keep my bucket covered with foil, minimizing exposure.

Sounds like a plan, thanks

 

[SasquatchSmith]

I go for the no effort approach: add sugar water. curl siphon tubinjg around the bottom of the bottling bucket. then the wort flowing into the bucket naturally swirls around, mixing perfectly with no need to stir. that way i can keep my bucket covered with foil, minimizing exposure.

Hmmm that seems like a good idea. Thanks guys

 

[unionrdr]

I use this priming calculator to determin priming sugar amount by style & type of sugar by weight,which is proper; http://http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html
I use a $20 digital scale from Walmart. Def more accurate,as dry stuff should be weighed,liquid by cups,etc.

 

[Dougie63]

5/8 is halfway between 1/2 and 3/4. Does your measuring cup do those?

yes it does thanks