Batch prime or individual prime for bottles

[danmac]

Do you add your priming sugar into second fV then into bottles or add a teaspoon into each bottle please

 

[Ezza]

Either or it's up to you, batch priming is quicker with less faff.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Either but don't use carbonation drops they're too expensive use dextrose.

 

[danmac]

Either or it's up to you, batch priming is quicker with less faff.

Is there a chart of how much to put in

 

[danmac]

Either but don't use carbonation drops they're too expensive use dextrose.

Yeah they're like £4 ridiculous

 

[An Ankoù]

We've had more and bitterer arguments on this topic than we have had about brexit. At the end of the day it's a tradeoff between having evenly dosed bottles at the risk of a further opportunity for contamination or oxidation, and the possibility of slightly dosing the bottles less evenly with granulated sugar. It's your choice. I've never batch primed and always "calibrate" my teaspoon by weighing a flat, rounded or heaped spoon depending on whether I want 4, 5 or 6 grams in the bottle. Never had a problem. Don't waste your money on carbonation drops. They're just sugar at about a million times the price.
If you use sugar, fold a piece of card and slide the sugar into the bottle rather than trying to spoon it in.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

We've had more and bitterer arguments on this topic than we have had about brexit. At the end of the day it's a tradeoff between having evenly dosed bottles at the risk of a further opportunity for contamination or oxidation, and the possibility of slightly dosing the bottles less evenly with granulated sugar. It's your choice. I've never batch primed and always "calibrate" my teaspoon by weighing a flat, rounded or heaped spoon depending on whether I want 4, 5 or 6 grams in the bottle. Never had a problem. Don't waste your money on carbonation drops. They're just sugar at about a million times the price.
If you use sugar, fold a piece of card and slide the sugar into the bottle rather than trying to spoon it in.

Oh no we haven't

 

[danmac]

We've had more and bitterer arguments on this topic than we have had about brexit. At the end of the day it's a tradeoff between having evenly dosed bottles at the risk of a further opportunity for contamination or oxidation, and the possibility of slightly dosing the bottles less evenly with granulated sugar. It's your choice. I've never batch primed and always "calibrate" my teaspoon by weighing a flat, rounded or heaped spoon depending on whether I want 4, 5 or 6 grams in the bottle. Never had a problem. Don't waste your money on carbonation drops. They're just sugar at about a million times the price.
If you use sugar, fold a piece of card and slide the sugar into the bottle rather than trying to spoon it in.

I've ordered a little bottle funnel how much do you use per 500ml bottle

 

[Ezza]

Ale or lager?

 

[danmac]

Ale or lager?

I've ordered the mangrove American pale ale

 

[Ezza]

Google - Brewers friend priming calculator

 

[An Ankoù]

I've ordered a little bottle funnel how much do you use per 500ml bottle

If you've got sensitive balance, you'll probably find that a flat teaspoonful is between 3.5 and 4 grams. That should be enough for most styles.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I've ordered a little bottle funnel how much do you use per 500ml bottle

Just one funnel.

Seriously I use half a heaped tsp.

 

[Ezza]

I generally use 3 quarters of a teaspoon for 500 ml bottle

 

[moto748]

As per discussion on another thread the other day, I'm going to try a syringe of measured syrup for priming next time.

 

[An Ankoù]

Just jug it straight out of the fermenter and cut out the middle man.

 

[danmac]

Just one funnel.

Seriously I use half a heaped tsp.

Haha I don't wanna have to sterilise too much stuff

 

[An Ankoù]

Haha I don't wanna have to sterilise too much stuff

Quite so. And while I think of it, you don't add priming sugar to the secondary fermenter, but to the bottling bucket. Something else to clean and was up.
Why not just try it with table sugar (not the reduced calory one, which contains artificial sweeteners) It'll be fine. I find my bottled beer takes about six weeks to carb up and condition. Sometimes longer.

 

[danmac]

Quite so. And while I think of it, you don't add priming sugar to the secondary fermenter, but to the bottling bucket. Something else to clean and was up.
Why not just try it with table sugar (not the reduced calory one, which contains artificial sweeteners) It'll be fine. I find my bottled beer takes about six weeks to carb up and condition. Sometimes longer.

Can't I bottle from my second bucket with tap on ?

 

[phildo79]

I wouldn't bother racking to a second FV. You might introduce a lot of unwanted oxygen.