How to carbonate a 6 pack?

[Slipgate]

I am going to keg as usual but want 1 six pack to trade with a friend. I was going to go out and buy the carb drops for individual bottling but I have lots of corn sugar. Can I just drop like 1/4 teaspoon into each bottle? What is the proper amount of corn sugar/16oz bottle? Also does it need to be mixed?

Not that I am cheap, just lazy - it is a PITA to go to the hobby store for just that!

 

[MikeG]

Prob just need to do the math, 1 oz sugar per gallon of beer. 128oz/gal, and you have 72oz of beer, or slightly over over 1/2 gallon. Take 1/2 oz, divide by 6. Last number, what's 1/6 of 1/2 oz? That's what you need per 12oz beer.

Sheesh, if this was metric it would be a non-issue!

 

[Revvy]

The easiest ting to do would to buy some carb or prime tabs, and using them...and then sealing the rest of them in an airtight container and having them on hand whenever you wanted to do it...depending on the brand you can even carb to style (with the prime tabs brand)

 

[red999]

You can also just fill the bottles right from the keg after its carbed up. thats what I do. Chill the empties like 24hrs before you go to bottle. Release most of the pressure so the beer slowly pours out of the tap and just fill the bottles. I do it with a picknip tap with no problems.

 

[mmb]

Sticky FTW!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

 

[Slipgate]

Allright I'm headed out in 10 minutes to get the carb drops!

 

[ChrisS68]

I'm gonna be making a BMBF myself in the very near future. Got a batch going in the keg tonight (better late than never), and I need a few bottles for the Father-in-Law.

Anyhoo, if you want to bottle prime, Mr. Beer recommends 1 teaspoon per 16 oz. bottle (3/4 teaspoon for 12 oz.) Their numbers worked well for me. They specify table sugar, but I believe that at these quantities the difference is negligible.

After capping, swirl the bottles around to get the sugar dissolved (avoid shaking). Though not always necessary, it doesn't hurt to come back and do it again a couple days later as well.


FWIW, use 100% sugar (dextrose, sucrose, whatever) or be sure to adjust the quantity accordingly. I once bought some "corn sugar" from my LHBS that carbed horribly when bottle priming, even with as much as 1 teaspoon per 12 oz bottle. I wonder if it wasn't mostly dextrin or something. Bought their "priming sugar" and had much better results.

 

[brrman]

Cooper carb drops work perfectly for me. I always bottle a 12 pack as I am kegging a batch.

 

[MNBugeater]

+ 1 Carb tabs for small bottling batches or better yet...keg it all, use a home made beergun.

 

[Slipgate]

Cooper carb drops work perfectly for me. I always bottle a 12 pack as I am kegging a batch.

That's what I got!