Hi all
I am priming my beer with brewing sugar in the fermenter before bottling for the first time and want to know how much to use to get a good carbonation in 23ltr.
PS I am using plastic bottles
Many thanks
Bedders
Priming with brewing sugar
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Re: Priming with brewing sugar
It depends on the beer style and what temperature you intend to serve at.
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Re: Priming with brewing sugar
Pale ale served chilled if that helps
Many thanks f00b4r
Many thanks f00b4r
Re: Priming with brewing sugar
No worries. Just realised that as you are bottling the serving temperature isn’t so important.
Try using the calculator below but make sure you use metric measurements, as it isn’t clear if that is US or imperial gallons for the volume. Also make sure you select if it’s an English pale ale or American one.
You can then adjust any future batches to your personal taste.
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/priming ... alculator/
Try using the calculator below but make sure you use metric measurements, as it isn’t clear if that is US or imperial gallons for the volume. Also make sure you select if it’s an English pale ale or American one.
You can then adjust any future batches to your personal taste.
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/priming ... alculator/
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Re: Priming with brewing sugar
It is also really critical to ensure the sugar is dissolved and mixed evenly. Otherwise you risk exploding bottles! Less dangerous with plastic, but still very messy.
Although more hassle than bulk priming, I dissolve the calculated quantity of sugar in a jug with suitable volume of boiling water, adding 10 mls Per bottle with a 60 ml syringe.
This method ensures even carbonation and reduces chance of oxidation by overvigorous staring.
Although more hassle than bulk priming, I dissolve the calculated quantity of sugar in a jug with suitable volume of boiling water, adding 10 mls Per bottle with a 60 ml syringe.
This method ensures even carbonation and reduces chance of oxidation by overvigorous staring.
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Re: Priming with brewing sugar
I brew mainly hoppy IPA's (currently on brew 97) and only bottle - ending up with 50g per brew after much trial and error.Bedders1802 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:39 pmHi all
I am priming my beer with brewing sugar in the fermenter before bottling for the first time and want to know how much to use to get a good carbonation in 23ltr.
PS I am using plastic bottles
Many thanks
Bedders
You don't mention whether you have a bottling bucket. If so, boil 50g brewing sugar in c 200ml of water for 10 minutes, allow to cool and then put in your bottling bucket then transfer your brew from the fermenter onto the sugar mixture, give it a stir and bottle.
If not, do as KF4 suggests as you don't want to be stirring up any matter in the fermenter but you do need to ensure the sugar is well mixed in.
There is likely to be some variation in carbonation depending on a number of factors but 50g always works for me - some are marginally over carbed, some under but most spot on.
Re: Priming with brewing sugar
I could have written that... I use 50g of sugar and add boiling water, leave overnight to cool before adding to bottling bucket before transferring beer from fermenter. I don't bother to stir but ensure the siphon hose is at the bottom of the bottling bucket. I have run out of bottles at the moment, last batch are warm conditioning. Stock of 250+ pints waiting to be imbibed...Meatymc wrote: ↑Tue Jan 26, 2021 2:38 pmI brew mainly hoppy IPA's (currently on brew 97) and only bottle - ending up with 50g per brew after much trial and error.Bedders1802 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:39 pmHi all
I am priming my beer with brewing sugar in the fermenter before bottling for the first time and want to know how much to use to get a good carbonation in 23ltr.
PS I am using plastic bottles
Many thanks
Bedders
You don't mention whether you have a bottling bucket. If so, boil 50g brewing sugar in c 200ml of water for 10 minutes, allow to cool and then put in your bottling bucket then transfer your brew from the fermenter onto the sugar mixture, give it a stir and bottle.
If not, do as KF4 suggests as you don't want to be stirring up any matter in the fermenter but you do need to ensure the sugar is well mixed in.
There is likely to be some variation in carbonation depending on a number of factors but 50g always works for me - some are marginally over carbed, some under but most spot on.
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Thanks all,much appreciated