"Daniel O'Brien" <danielo@bmts.com> wrote in message
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> What would cause the beer in the bottling bucket to foam out of control
> and overflow when pouring in the priming sugar... I think priming each
> bottle is the safest way or what am I doing wrong... it's at 24'c when
> adding the sugar...
> Should I put the priming sugar in first and then syphon the beer on top?
>
> Thanks
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Yes.

Boil your priming sugar for a few minutes in sufficient water for it to
dissolve, cool it (i.e. put a lid on the saucepan whilst you're doing the
rest of the set up), pour it into your bottling bucket, and then rack the
beer on top. The action of syphoning will cause everything to mix up nicely
so you get equal carbonation for each bottle.

Cheers,
Rowan