Priming Help

[redrider736]

Looking to bottle my 1st brew in over 3yrs and have to say I have zero idea how to Prime my beer ? and this is the point in which I have made huge errors in the past.

I am ready to bottle (next wk or so) a small 2g batch.. I have a bunch of choices in house.. Carb Tabs, LDME, Priming sugar, and Honey...

What I have read of ....

3/4 Table spoons of Priming Sugar in each Bottle
2-4 Carb Tabs per Bottle ( depending on brand)
3 Tea spoons of Honey in 1/2 Cup/Water per 1G of beer

Any Help would be greatly Appreciated !!

 

[Gavin C]

This should get the details ironed out for you

http://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

Make up the desired amount of priming solution. I would use sugar.

add to bottling bucket,

rack beer into bottling bucket with a gentle swirl created by the coil of the racking tubing at the bottom of the bucket,

bottle immediately

Here is a great thread on a technique that is very good

 

[flars]

A priming calculator really helps. This is one I use. Has changed recently. Looks more like advertising until you fill in the three cells at the top.

I started out with choosing "priming to style", kept good notes and then decided if I liked the carbonation to style, or a little more, or a little less carbonation.

For temperature use the highest fermentation temperature, or the temperature the beer has been at for the last few days to a week. Cold crash temperature doesn't count. Cold crashing holds more CO2 in solution than would off gas at room temperature.

 

[redrider736]

This should get the details ironed out for you

http://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

Make up the desired amount of priming solution. I would use sugar.

add to bottling bucket,

rack beer into bottling bucket with a gentle swirl created by the coil of the racking tubing at the bottom of the bucket,

bottle immediately

Here is a great thread on a technique that is very good

Great info, ThX guys !

 

[unionrdr]

First off, 3/4TBSP per bottle is way too much, 2-4 carb tabs of the Cooper's type would be overkill, 4-6 of the tiny pill-style ones might be average. So skip all that & use a bottling bucket. Here's the two priming calculators I use...
http://www.northernbrewer.com/learn/resources/priming-sugar-calculator/
http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html

 

[MaxStout]

Ditto on what the others have said here. Also, make sure the beer is at its final gravity. Take a couple hydrometer readings a day or two apart to ensure it hasn't changed. Don't rely on airlock activity.