priming sugar

[brockettbrews]

how much priming sugar should i use on a two gallon batch?? i used 2.5 0z. Just wondering if that was the right amount???

 

[NineMilBill]

2/5 of 3/4 of a cup

Seriously though, I believe that with corn sugar, the basic conversion is 1 oz per gallon of beer, when priming a whole batch and not individual bottles. So you should be about right on. This link might be of some assistance too

 

[beerman0001]

Depends on the style of beer but 1 Oz a gal is a good rule of thumb. You will be fine though.

 

[Revvy]

If you're not carbing to style the rule of thumb is 1oz/gallon of beer.

You should always measure by wight not by volume. There's a classic clip by alton brown that shows how much variance something can be if measured by volume. He took to CUPS of regular flour and weighed them and they didn't match.

You ever measure out a up of flour and the tap the measuring cup on the counter to compress the flour and then add more to it? Or sifted flour then measured a cup of it in comparrision to unsifted?

Nowadays you can get a digital scale for under 20 bucks.

 

[brockettbrews]

thanks that is what i thought 1oz per gallon.

 

[logster11889]

I have always used the 1 oz of priming sugar per gallon also. I was wondering if anyone has blended a sour beer and then tried to bottle condition? I am just wondering if blending 3 gallons of sour beer with 2 gallons of newly fermented un sour beer would require the same amount of priming sugar. I was thinking of using maybe .5 oz or .75 oz of priming sugar per gallon since the brett, pedio , and lacto are going to continue to ferment sugars that the yeast has not. I will be using heavy duty bottles and corks for bottling.