Time To Bottle, Need A Little Help Please

[EverydayDiesel]

Hello,

I made this recipe and after waiting 2 months in fermentation I have decided to finally bottle.

My question is, how much sugar do I need to add before bottling? It does not specify in the recipe and this is only my 2nd batch of beer. (first was calculated for me)

https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/three-philosophers-clone-1

Thanks in advance!

 

[flars]

This calculator will give you the information you need.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

 

[dkevinb]

Wow, two months. You have more patience than I.

How much sugar to use depends on what size batch, what kind of sugar, the style of beer, and the temperature of the beer. I use this calculator:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

Are you going to use a bottling bucket (recommended)? Or put the sugar in each bottle (works for small batches)?

 

[EverydayDiesel]

it is 5 gallons, which is what the recipe called for.

I will be using a bottling bucket. right now it is in a glass carboy

Unfortunately I do not see the "Belgian Dark Strong Ale" on the list in that calculator.

 

[dkevinb]

it is 5 gallons, which is what the recipe called for.

I will be using a bottling bucket. right now it is in a glass carboy

Unfortunately I do not see the "Belgian Dark Strong Ale" on the list in that calculator.

In my experience most of the Belgian strong ales have a lot of carbonation. There is a Belgian Strong Golden Ale on the list. That might be a good place to start. Seems like a lot of carb to me, but I generally do American style ales which are sort of average.

 

[flars]

I have found, especially with the Belgians, the carbonation is to high for my tastes. I'm a rebel. I carb to my tastes.

 

[Yooper]

For almost all beers, I like a general amount of carbonation like would be find in bottled beers available commercially.

That's about 1 ounce, by weight, of corn sugar per finished gallon of beer. You can't go wrong with 4.5 ounces (again, by weight!) of priming sugar in your beer.