Bulk Prime With ?

[Wax]

I have an ESB American PA and a kit cider (Black Rock) ready for bottleing. Just wondering what you would use to bulk prime (must admit I've never bulk primed before). Both are 20ltr batches.

 

[johnno]

Wax,
In my short brewing journey so far I have used, white, raw,brown sugar and dextrose.
These days I mailny use dextrose but if thats not handy i use white sugar.

cheers

 

[JasonY]

Since kegging I have really started to notice a sweetness left in primed bottles. I tried using, dextrose, dme, and sugar. My money goes to plain old sugar which seems to leave the least residual sweetnes.

 

[Bobby]

with the cider i would try using honey to bulk prime it. not sure how much to use though.

 

[SJW]

190g OF DEXTROSE SHOULD BE FINE

 

[wedge]

ha, i figure i'm only throwing in enough sugar to prime. I only ever use WHITE sugar. I haven't tasted anything off......yet. Though i think it is easier to over-prime

 

[barfridge]

I too have a cider I'll be bottling in a few weeks, is honey the way to go, or have people tried other things?

A bit of sweetness wont matter, as it fermented out very dry (FG: 0.998 and about 12% alcohol). Cheers to GMK for the recipie, tastes awesome out of the primary.

 

[pr1me]

when i bulk prime with honey i use the same amounts as i would with sugar, mixed with a touch of boiling water.