I started drinking a batch of beer that should be carbonated but it's not. I must have forgotten to add priming sugar. I was thinking about opening each bottle and adding corn sugar but I do not know how much. I'm not too concerned with optimal carbonation, I just want a ballpark amount. Maybe a 1/8 of a teaspoon? Thanks.
I think I forgot to add priming sugar.
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Should be the recipe amount divided by the number of bottles, right?
It's been well over a decade since I bottled but iirc I used 3/4 tsp of CS per bottle.
btw, find a 12 ounce soda bottle with a cap, prime and fill it from one of your bottles, then cap it tight.
Use that bottle to know when your glass is conditioned: when the soda bottle is almost too hard to squeeze, the glass is ready for a week in the fridge...
Cheers!
btw, find a 12 ounce soda bottle with a cap, prime and fill it from one of your bottles, then cap it tight.
Use that bottle to know when your glass is conditioned: when the soda bottle is almost too hard to squeeze, the glass is ready for a week in the fridge...
Cheers!
If you're absolutely sure that you did in fact forgot to add the priming sugar, then 1/2tsp of table sugar will work. I exclusively bottle prime these days, and use that amount for basically everything. No idea on the corn sugar amount.
