First shandy attempt- priming sugar question

[bigadam]

I'm going to be bottling my first shandy attempt tonight. It calls for a 1/2 gallon of lemonade to be added at the time of bottling (for a 5 gallon batch). I'm wondering if that will be enough sugar to produce a decent carbonation or if I should add additional sugar to it.

 

[unionrdr]

I added Trulemon crystalized juice to the priming sugar in 2C of water boiled a few minutes. So yeah,I'd say add it to the priming solution. If it's lemonade mix,add the mix with priming sugar to the water boiled.

 

[bigadam]

So you would prime as normal and then just add in the lemon juice instead of using a store bought bottled lemonade?

 

[unionrdr]

I used this as crystal in the priming solution; http://[URL=http://s563.photobucket.com/user/unionrdr/media/lemoncrstl.jpg.html] [/URL]
The box contains lil packets where two equals a TBSP of fresh juice. You can use country time,or maybe even frozen concentrate,as long as it contains no preservatives. They'll ruin the carbonation.

 

[bigadam]

Cool, thanks!