Priming sugar?

[Cauwels02]

So i just boiled my 2/3 cup of sugar in 2 cups of water and it says to let it cool. Do i need it to be at room temp or what? How cool?

 

[Euphist]

70-80 is fine...stick the pan in ice or cold water...it'll cool down quick

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

i just dump it in, a few ml's of hot water and sugar won't effect 5 gallons of brew.

 

[Pezman1]

I cool mine a bit, but don't worry about it too much. If you can touch the pan without burning yourself, you are good. Mostly you want it cool enough to handle and not melt the plastic of your bottling bucket. Like previously posted, this small amount of liquid won't effect the yeast in your five gallons of beer even if it was boiling hot.

Pez.

 

[jonmohno]

I boil it first thing of my bottleing session from start to cleanup which takes me roughly 2 hrs.or less. I just pull it off the burner and let it set til im ready to rack to the bottling bucket. Alot of people dont bother to cool it, which is ok,i just dont dump mine in piping hot.Besides to further cool it if you concerned is after its somewhat hot still to dump it in your bucket and it will cool down pretty quick while doing other things-like your hydrometer reading and whatever.

 

[RM-MN]

I really cool mine down, like 5 seconds while I move it from the stovetop to the bottling bucket. It seems to work out just fine since I have only about a pint of hot water in 5 gallons of wort.

 

[unionrdr]

I've found that the sugar doesn't really need to be boiled,just the water. The company processing the sugar would be in big trouble if it contained any serious pathogens. Most can't survive the alcohol in the beer anyway. I just boil the water a few minutes,take it off the heat,& add my measured amount of sugar & stir till dissolved. Then cover & cool till needed.

 

[Revvy]

It's going to come into contact with 5 gallons of room temp beer is a few seconds, it doesn't really matter whether you let it cool, chill it or dump it in boiling, it's going to loose the battle of the temperatures really fast.

 

[Hanso]

It's going to come into contact with 5 gallons of room temp beer is a few seconds, it doesn't really matter whether you let it cool, chill it or dump it in boiling, it's going to loose the battle of the temperatures really fast.

This.

 

[dnslater]

This.

I Agree as well. Usually don't cool mine from boil more than 5-10 minutes. The hot liquid will only kill a few yeast cells. I toss the priming solution into the bottom of the cool bucket and rack on top of it.

 

[Grumpybumpy]

I just stick it in the freezer while I get everything else ready