Carbonating 450ml bottles

[mje1980]

Don't add more sugar. Asking for trouble IMHO. Just wait 2 weeks and try one.

I never bulk primed for that reason, how do you know it's all mixed in? I don't bottle much beer so I'm happy to weigh out for each bottle

 

[Rocker1986]

I used to just give it a gentle stir with a sanitised long spoon after transferring the beer into the bottling bucket. Was careful not to stir too vigorously, and always ended up with consistent carbonation.

But yes I wouldn't be adding more sugar at this point; even though 73g in 25 litres will give you **** all carbonation, it'd be a bit risky I'd think.

 

[Rod]

Hmmmm, hope I haven't under primed :-/

Probably have, **** it... Might have to open the bottles and drop a teaspoon extra of sugar in.... So much for bulk priming.

Also found it hard to tell if the sugar was properly mixed.... I did it in a cube and just rocked it back and forth for a bit... I wasn't convinced, but you don't want to oxidise your beer... :-/

bulk prime is the best way to

dissolve sugar in boiling water and cool , I use a litre

and get two more bottles with a small drop in alcohol per serve

add to bulk prime fermenter

run brew with end of tube running out to the side of the fermenter and give it a gentle stir

 

[Matplat]

If i were going 5o bulk prime, i would dissolve the required amount of sugar in a little water first before adding to the bottling bucket....

 

[Matplat]

Rod beat me typing!

 

[Yob]

Hmmmm, hope I haven't under primed :-/

Probably have, **** it... Might have to open the bottles and drop a teaspoon extra of sugar in.... So much for bulk priming.

Also found it hard to tell if the sugar was properly mixed.... I did it in a cube and just rocked it back and forth for a bit... I wasn't convinced, but you don't want to oxidise your beer... :-/

I used to dissolve mine in 400ml boiled water and just tip it into the secondary when boiling and rack on top of it, the cold beer quickly cools the small amount of liquid.

 

[Yob]

HERE is the calculator shown above..

 

[Yob]

Don't add more sugar. Asking for trouble IMHO. Just wait 2 weeks and try one.
I never bulk primed for that reason, how do you know it's all mixed in? I don't bottle much beer so I'm happy to weigh out for each bottle

If the hose is coiled in the bottom of the secondary, it sets up a gentle stir as you are racking it. It mixes.

In saying that, I preferred tap to tap and never had any issues with variance.

 

[dannymars]

I dropped about 150mls of boiled water with sugar dissolved into the bottling cube. coz it's a cube it's a bit hard to stir, so I just rocked it back a forwards a bit...