Priming sugar question

[Thearcher]

What is the rule of thumb for the amount of sugar you need to add to a 5 gallon batch of beer before bottling? Is corn sugar needed or will regular granulated sugar work?

Thanks

Curtis

 

[Arneba28]

2/3 cup corn sugar

 

[Revvy]

The typical kit has 4.5 to 5 oz of CORN sugar which produces approximately 2-2.5 volumes of co2. It's a slightly different amount for cane/table sugar. You can also choose to carb to stlye...because some beers have more or less carbonation that 2.5 volumes.

You should always measure sugar by weight rather than volume.

 

[Toga]

As revvy said most kits come with 5oz of corn sugar. If you don't have a scale and want to buy in bulk 3/4 of a cup will typically get you there.

 

[cervezarara]

Table sugar works fine- you should use 2/3 cup instead of the 3/4 used for corn sugar. You can calculate different volumes of CO2 for your beer using this online tool:

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

I don't know for sure, but would not recommend exceeding 3 volumes for glass bottles. I have gone to 3.5 in glass, but I don't know if I was just lucky or not.