Which sugar?

[captaingoat]

I'm just about to bottle my beer but I don't have any of that corn sugar/dextrose/whatever it's called, can I just use regular sugar instead? Also, I plan on putting the sugar individually in each bottle so I do need to move from secondary vessel to primary vessel in that case?

 

[PinkyOFloyd]

I wouldn't recommend trying to prime each bottle individually. You're not going to have consistent carbonation due to variances in the volume of sugar. Do you have a bottling bucket?

Here's a good calculator for priming: http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[mojotele]

Table sugar can impart an undesirable cider-like taste to your beer. Do yourself a favor and go get some corn sugar or DME. Bottling can wait, and it's worth it.

 

[PinkyOFloyd]

Table sugar can impart an undesirable cider-like taste to your beer.

Myth! I use table sugar all the time & have no "cider-like" flavor in my beer... Don't waste your money on corn sugar!!!!!!

 

[mojotele]

After doing some searching, the amount of table sugar you'd use to prime doesn't seem to be enough to have an impact. So you can feel free to table sugar it up.

It most certainly will give you a cider-like taste in sufficient quantities, though.

 

[PinkyOFloyd]

In sufficient quantities, of course. I've used up to a pound of table sugar in a 5 gallon boil with no cider-like taste..... Drys out an IPA just the way I like it!!!

 

[captaingoat]

Ok, thanks everyone! Ill see if I get a cidery flavour in my beer.