old brown priming..

[mat69]

morning all,
got my brewferm old brown fermenting away nicely at the moment (made up with 900g golden syrup og1.066)but have a few priming questions as im new to brewing this brown stuff..
1)do i need to prime with inverted sugar or will any do?
2)the instructions say 100g priming is that right for 12l (seems high to me)?
3)what fg am i aiming for,instructions say 1.010 is that optimistic?

cheers..

[Garth]

any sugar will do for priming, plain old white granulated works fine

100g does seem a bit excessive, usually 80g in 23 litres is the norm, so for 12 litres I would have said more 40-50g

no sure what it will ferment down to, you might get to around 1012 -1015

[mat69]

cheers garth was thinking about 50g but im baffled as to why they say 100g,hopefully someone has brewed this and can tell me how much they primed with and how it turned out..dont want to ruin this one by over or under priming..

[Garth]

I would go with your gut instinct and use 50g, 100g in 12 litres? it will be gushing all over the place.

I take it due to your location you frequent the Hop and Grape a fair bit?

[mat69]

sorry for late reply garth computers been down for a week,any way i took your advice and went for about 50-55g and just opened one today to check and its carbonated just right mate,and yes i frequent the hop and grape on a regular basis,i think i'm lucky to have such a great shop close by

[Garth]

yeah, it's 15mins away for me, well handy, wish he was open on a Sunday as well.....

If it's carbonated to your liking now, I'd put them in the coolest place possible to stop it fermenting anymore, even a fridge if you can, so you don't end up with a dry, gushing beer!!