Amount of priming sugar to use?

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BarryNL

Amount of priming sugar to use?

Post by BarryNL » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:54 am

Just wondering what the general range is for quantity of priming sugar to use (e.g. for a 19L batch). What's about the safe upper limit (of glucose sugar) to use for a fully fermented 19L batch before you risk creating bottle bombs?

I ask because I'm doing a Brewferm kit which suggests 90g of sugar (so about 105-110g glucose) for a 9 litre batch which is actually about 50% more glucose than I used in my last 19 litre batch (which is admittedly a pretty flat English Ale). Is it OK to use so much? It's for a Belgian Tripel which should be fairly highly carbonated.

tubby_shaw

Post by tubby_shaw » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:30 am

For highly carbonated bottled beers I would say that 10g/l of glucose would be about right.
Just enure that your bottles are up to the job :wink:

BarryNL

Post by BarryNL » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:57 am

tubby_shaw wrote: Just enure that your bottles are up to the job :wink:
What a great excuse to drink a lot of Belgian Tripel - those bottle are sure to work OK :twisted:
(and Westmalle bottles look pretty cool)

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