Batch Priming Question

[Mo06]

I want to try batch priming my next brew when I bottle it.

What's the MINIMUM amount of water I can disolve the sugar in before adding ? I don't want to water it down any more than I have to.

Is it best to used a boiled sugar solution ?

The beer is a stout brewed to 20L .

[graemet]

I usually take some of the beer out, dissolve sugar in that, and pit that back in the bottling bucket. A pint or two out, sugar dissolved, then that into bottling bucket with rest of the beer on top.

[trucker5774]

I also use beer (sometimes water) as little as 200ml is possible

[Monkeybrew]

I pour about 150-200ml of boiling water over my priming sugar in a pyrex jug to dissolve it, then carefully pour this down the side of my bottling FV in an attempt to avoid the introduction of any oxygen.

MB

[Mo06]

OK thanks.

Think I'll...

Disolve the sugar in 200 ml of boiling water, pour this into a clean FV and then syphon the beer into this, and give it a stir, then syphon it into bottles.

That sound right ?

[Simo72]

I just dissolve appropriate amount i of sugar in about 200ml water, boil for a few moments and cool slightly and then put this straight in FV then swirl gently and wait an hour or so and bottle straight from FV (mine as a tap).
I got this from instructions in a milestone kit and its always worked for me.

[Geezah]

poor boiling water in to your receptical to get it up to temperature first (re boil kettle while this stands for 1 minute. This also helps sanitise the receptical)
empty receptical, and add sugar then add enough water, while stirring to desolve the sugar (generally 1/2 a cup)
add this to the bottling bucket / keg, then siphon the beer in. (the rotational flow of the beer during the sihpon will suffice in mixing the sugar solution so no need to stir).

Your (average) 100g of priming sugar will add approximately 0.1-0.15 abv to your brew, so 1/2 a cup of water isnt likely to thin your beer to an extent you will notice.

[Mo06]

OK, just bottled using the batch priming method for the first time.

Pretty painless, thanks for the tips.

Hope it turns out nice.

(A 'Ditch's Stout' varient, brewed with Cooper's Irish Stout to to 20L).