priming sugar help

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monk420

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i'm making a cream ale. . I use priming drops or keg. Well kegs are full and im out if drops. So i'm going to bottle using table sugar solution. My questions is my instructions say add solution and let bottles sit 1 or 2 weeks at room temp. (mine is about 76deg) Last time i did this my bottles exploded. any advice . I going to use 2/3 cup white sugar to 2 cups water for a 5 gal batch
 
Do you have a scale? Using the tastybrew.com calculator, I get 4.4oz table sugar for 5 gals assuming you fermented at 65deg. I don't know what volume that translates into. Fwiw, I would only use a cup of water.

Your bottles exploded because either your beer wasn't done fermenting or you added too much sugar.
 
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