Sorry all, I have had a look through some of the discussions before posting - I could find exactly the right answer.
First time brew stopped fermenting last night and I am going to take the first reading tonight. The kit I have came with carb drops which I thought was a great idea but did not come with bottles.
I ordered some glass bottles on-line not really noticing the size - they arrived today and are 650mls.
The kit is a standard Munich lager kit - no flashy extras or anything but after reading a few books, forums etc I find that if I use 2 carbo drops the thing is likely to either explode or be fizzy like coke - If I use one drop, it's going to be flat. I don't have a measuring spoon thing and I do not have a local home brew shop I can pop into to get one. I was looking to bottle this weekend and I am looking for a very simple answer. How much of say a teaspoon of sugar should I put in 650ml bottles of lager or should I just go for 1 and a half drops?
I know this has been spoken about loads but I can't get a measuring device by the weekend and I have not brewed before - don't really understand the calculators - when they say 4grams of sugar, I do not envisage measuring 4 grams 28 times (but saying that, if this is the only way, I guess I will have to do that!).
thanks for your help
First time brew stopped fermenting last night and I am going to take the first reading tonight. The kit I have came with carb drops which I thought was a great idea but did not come with bottles.
I ordered some glass bottles on-line not really noticing the size - they arrived today and are 650mls.
The kit is a standard Munich lager kit - no flashy extras or anything but after reading a few books, forums etc I find that if I use 2 carbo drops the thing is likely to either explode or be fizzy like coke - If I use one drop, it's going to be flat. I don't have a measuring spoon thing and I do not have a local home brew shop I can pop into to get one. I was looking to bottle this weekend and I am looking for a very simple answer. How much of say a teaspoon of sugar should I put in 650ml bottles of lager or should I just go for 1 and a half drops?
I know this has been spoken about loads but I can't get a measuring device by the weekend and I have not brewed before - don't really understand the calculators - when they say 4grams of sugar, I do not envisage measuring 4 grams 28 times (but saying that, if this is the only way, I guess I will have to do that!).
thanks for your help