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Old 07-07-2005, 12:44 PM
Derric
 
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Re: how much priming sugar

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> Would this be the same for a keg because I know that bottles can take
> more pressure! Also, what size are the bottles that you are talking
> about as this would surely factor in the amount of sugar I would be
> using for a 5 gallon (40 pint) keg.[/color]

Go look at: [url]http://www.howtobrew.com/[/url] where he discusses it in good
depth. For 5 gallons of beer to be put into bottles, usually use 4 oz (by
weight) sugar (about 3/4 cup). Boil it in a little water and rack your
wort onto it, stir a little, then bottle. That's a lot less trouble than
trying to measure it a little per each bottle.

For kegs (which I don't do), I think it is usually recommended to use a
little less sugar - he may cover that in [url]www.howtobrew.com[/url]...

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