Priming

[Talheedin]

I know this has probably been answered a hundred times or more but what and how much should I use to prime my beer before bottling? DaaB’s instructions say 80g of priming sugar but do I use white sugar, spray malt, candy sugar or something else? Do different primers impart their own flavour to the beer or will it all turn to alcohol and CO2? Also, is there a rule for how much primer you use per litre or gallon for a certain amount of fizz?

The beer I’m making is a Belgian Tripple and is only 10 Litres so I presume I don’t need as much primer as I’d need for a five gallon batch but I do like a reasonable amount of fizz.

To bottle my beer I’m going to siphon from the primary tap into a secondary (which is actually a bottom tapped pressure keg) then gently mix in the primer and bottle immediately.

Thanks

Talheedin

[PieOPah]

Normally I use normal white table sugar. Since it is such a small quantity this will have very little effect on your finished beer.

Recently I started to use Brewing Sugar (glucose) and I feel that this has greatly improved the carbonation of my finished product. It might only be because I want this perception though.

[oxford brewer]

If bottling i will boil 50g of corn sugar in a little water then pour into my bottling bucket and siphon the beer on top so it mixes pretty evenly(gentle stir with the siphon hose helps).
I leave the bottles in my dining room for 7-10 days and then they are stored in the garage until its time

[Garth]

PoP, I would agree fully with you there, I've started to use glucose also to prime bottles and noticed a difference too, I used to use light Spray malt and even in its small amount I felt it was giving a strange taste to all my brews, the glucose makes the beer taste too sweet if you sample a bottle too early but within two weeks or so, it's all gone and the carbonation is much better, leaving no noticible taste.

[Talheedin]

Thanks Everyone,

I think I'll get some corn sugar in and give that a try with this batch and then experiment with others as I go along.

That site to work out the amount of priming sugar needed is really useful.

Cheers

Talheedin