Skip the dots and skip the batch priming. Bottle prime with table sugar, extremely simple and cheap. It's 1/2tsp per 12oz, adjust based on bottle size.
I would think dots would be easier then measuring out that much. 5 gallon about 46-48 times . 10 gallon heck no . However I'm not sure many people who do 10 gallon dont have a keg set up.
...I'm not sure many people who do 10 gallon dont have a keg set up.
Takes me less than 3min the last time I timed myself, and I'm and not that fast. It was a 5 gallon batch...all 12oz bottles.
Skip the dots and skip the batch priming. Bottle prime with table sugar, extremely simple and cheap. It's 1/2tsp per 12oz, adjust based on bottle size.
That's pretty dang good timing there .
I find fizz drops extremely tedious. Yes, it doesn't take long, but what a PITA. Measuring by tsp is not very accurate and I can't imagine scoop decide which bottle hasn't already been primed, pour, scoop, find pour 50+ times when I can just add the sugar to the bucket then just fill each bottle with beer.
YDDV (your mileage definitely does vary!)
Teaspoon measuring is far more accurate than batch priming; there are more than enough posts and threads on here to substantiate my claim.
It'll be second nature whether or not you have the correct volume of sugar or accidentally doubled it up.
Again, I'm not sure how complacent you'd have to be to actually make that mistake, but I do see how it's possible.
Andddddddddddddd as you gracefully said, your mileage may vary
Cheers!!
When doing the 1/2 tsp method or dots at least theres no transfering to a bottle bucket.
If you put the warm/cool priming solution in the bottling bucket and then have the siphon hose leaning against the bucket wall, it creates a flow that mixes the priming solution with the five gallons of beer. That's a lot of mixing. It would be like stirring a glass that just had sugar added to it. It dissolves and disperses throughout.
Empirically, all the bottles are carbonated equally, everything else being constant.
For the batch primers, how do you ensure that you get 100% distribution of your sugar solution throughout the entire 5 gallon batch?
Like most batch primers, I gently pour the priming solution into the bottom of the bottling bucket - then rack into it with the tube on the bottom, at the outer edge, tangent to the bucket side. I follow with some gentle stirring, including vertical, but I've skipped the stirring on several batches with no noticeable affect. The only way I judge the distribution is by the carbonation in the beer. It always seems consistent.
But how are you measuring that?
I would never be interested in measuring it because I can experience that all the beer has the same amount of carbonation. My only proof, of which I am completely satisfied with, is empirical.
It's nothing more than when someone dissolves sugar by stirring in their tea. Is every molecule equally distributed? Maybe. Maybe not. But the taste doesn't vary when you drink it.
You definitely get the award for "Most Creative Method for Sugar Addition."Our first batch (that got late primed), bubbled out like a volcano when the sugar went in, so this time we glued the sugar to the lids. The sugar lumps were cut in half lengthwise so not entirely accurate. When the lid crimper jogged it, the lump fell into the beer, so it worked pretty well. This first batch was glued on with dissolved sugar, but the second batch got glued on using icing sugar which stayed on the lid better. No volcanoes. Hah! Contamination possibly high but we'd been handling lots of campden sterilising solution so hopefully not.
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^^^^That seems like a lot of work!
I never thought I would give up batch priming, but lately I've been using Domino Dots also. Crazy expensive if you buy them through Amazon, but about a penny a Dot at my local supermarket. 2.31 grams of table sugar per Dot by my measure, and this weight is amazingly consistent from Dot to Dot. Perfect for many styles in conjunction with 12 Oz. bottles.
Being old school I never thought I would ever use table sugar over corn sugar for priming, but I can't tell any difference in the end.
I didn't know that size existed. The ones I purchase come packed 198 to the pound. They are precisely 1/2 TSP. Hover over the image of the box and go to the top left side of the box.
https://coffee.org/products/domino-dots-sugar-cubes-1-pound-box-198-mini-cubes
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