whats to do.my first attempt at lager

[pedro68]

hi everyone , i have just started my first lager kit , i opted for a muntons gold continental pilsner lager . The kit says to carbonate it add half a teasppon of light spray malt but i have seen you can get coopers carbonation drops , what would you suggest is best as im about to order a cider kit and would rather have something i can use for both kits .Also any other advice to help me achieve success would be great.

Cheers

Peter

 

[phettebs]

When I bottled, I just used plain white sugar. Never tried the drops. I have used DME (spray malt) and had marginal success. IMHO, sugar is the way to go.

 

[johnnie]

+1 for sugar. Make sure it's cane sugar, as its supposed to taste better.

 

[rpt]

Just use ordinary white sugar for priming. No idea whether cane sugar tastes better than beet as I'm not sure whether I used Tate and Lyle (cane) or Silver Spoon (beet) or own brand (might say on the packet). Save your spray malt for primary fermentation or yeast starters.

 

[pedro68]

hi , thanks for the replys , how much sugar would you recommend for priming lager in 500ml bottles if you dont mind me asking , is it in grams or a whole or half tsp .Any advice would be great.

Peter

 

[rpt]

I batch prime. If I remember rightly, I used 120g for 21L. So that's about 3g per 500mL bottle although you could use more if you like it very fizzy.