Sugar measurement

pran69 · Oct 26, 2015

I have a wort of 5 ltrs ready with my self fermented for 17 days, now the bottling day has arrived. I'm using table sugar and putting it individually in every bottle for carbonation, how much amount should I pour in each bottle for carbonation ?

ReverseMonk · Oct 26, 2015

It will much easier dosing the entire 5 liters with your full amount of priming sugar/solution, rather than trying to dose individual bottles. That sounds like a nightmare to me...

pran69 said:
I have a wort of 5 ltrs ready with my self fermented for 17 days, now the bottling day has arrived. I'm using table sugar and putting it individually in every bottle for carbonation, how much amount should I pour in each bottle for carbonation ?

Pappers_ · Oct 26, 2015

The way most homebrewers do this is to make a priming mixture by boiling two cups of water with four ounces of sugar (for a five gallon batch). Then, add this mixture to the beer before you bottle.

Why are you looking to add sugar to individual bottles? Like ReverseMonk said, that sounds difficult to me.

pran69 · Oct 26, 2015

I understand your point but for even 5 ltrs of fermented worth how much table sugar content do I need?

flars · Oct 26, 2015

Use 22.8 grams of table sugar for the 5 ltrs. This is calculated for 2.2 volumes of CO2, with the beer at 20°C. Divide the total weight of the sugar per bottle you expect to fill. Hopefully your bottles are all the same size, and you have notes from your last 5 ltrs bottled, to know how many you will fill.

http://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

AkTom · Oct 26, 2015

If my math is right... About 1 oz should do you. I would hear 1/4 cup of hot water and the 1 oz sugar. Stir, dump in bottling bucket. Carefully siphon beer onto priming mix. Bottle. Wait 2 or 3 weeks. Enjoy. I also like to use at least 1 plastic pop bottle. You can feel when it gets hard and know it's carbonated up.
Tom