Priming sugar.

[mattookay]

what sugar do you use and how much do you put in to each bottle?

 

[philrose]

Hey welcome to the forum,

I think you'll find that most people here will recommend that you add priming sugar to a bottling bucket with your whole batch rather than one bottle at a time. 113 g of dextrose is a good start for many ales.

Cheers.

 

[FlatcapBrew]

or carbonation drops work too if you want to do it bottle by bottle
such as these: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/cooper-s-carbonation-drops.html

 

[coldsep]

Adding sugar directly to the bottles will give you inconsistent results and increases the chance of bottle bombs, although I wouldn't worry about that anyway.

Boil 3/4 cup priming sugar (dextrose) in 2 cups water and pour it into the bottom of your sanitized bottling bucket. Siphon the wort on top of that, without splashing, before bottling.

 

[Beer-Baron]

I dont understand why people bother with those carbing drops.

Its just sugar cubes! For a regular beer bottle use half a teaspoon of Dextrose.

People worry about bottle bombs, but then just put 2 of those carbing drops in to be accurate. Well just get a couple of those measuring spoons from the dollar store. Now your accurate.

I have 500ml bottles and I used 3/4 teaspoon in each bottle with a funnel.

shake them up a bit to distribute the dextrose and your done.

The other argument you'll hear about is the more uniform batch, I guess a couple bottles here and there might have SLIGHTLY more carbonation than others. I don't usually notice it, and for the most part I don't really care.

 

[Msbeer]

Beer-Baron

Here Here,

Im with you all the way.

 

[Rafae]

I made the mistake of not mixing the priming sugar after it was added to the bucket because i assumed the siphoned beer would stir it in. I tasted the last bottle and it was very sweet. I believe most of the the sugar water stuck toward the bottom of the bucket. Unfortunately, this batch is bound to have uneven carbonation but at least i learned my lesson.

Thus, I would suggest stirring or mixing the priming sugar gently into the beer.

 

[philrose]

I made the mistake of not mixing the priming sugar after it was added to the bucket because i assumed the siphoned beer would stir it in. I tasted the last bottle and it was very sweet. I believe most of the the sugar water stuck toward the bottom of the bucket. Unfortunately, this batch is bound to have uneven carbonation but at least i learned my lesson.

Thus, I would suggest stirring or mixing the priming sugar gently into the beer.

Or boiling it into syrup, which will require a lot less stirring to get homogeneous.

 

[Rafae]

Even after boiling, it mostly stuck to the bottom of the bucket. Next time I am going to pour it in after I have some in the bucket and continue to pour as it is siphoning.

Not trying to hijack the thread, just noting something to watch out for.

 

[mattookay]

thanks for your help