On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:16:48 -0400, Lance <FredALudwig@aol.com> wrote:
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>On my first attempt to brew at home (Honey Brown) , my batch came out
>flat. I followed the directions and had thought all went well until I
>opened one up. Any suggestions or thoughts as what might cause this?
>I did use the priming sugar provided :)
>
>Fred[/color]


All I've read says about 7/8 of a cup priming sugar. I use 1 cup (for
5 gal). I've used malt, powered sugar, corn sugar. Boil 1 cup of
whatever you have in four cups water 10 min or so, cool, and add to
wort (mixing well) prior to bottling. Some sugars seem to be faster
than others, in three or four weeks I can't tell much difference.
Quanity is important, measure, anything more than a cup and you risk
bottle bombs. I've never tried spooning sugar into bottles or the
priming pills, I think there called lollies.

Avery

Brew on brother!
SW US desert

Avery wrote:
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> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:16:48 -0400, Lance <FredALudwig@aol.com> wrote:
>
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>>On my first attempt to brew at home (Honey Brown) , my batch came out
>>flat. I followed the directions and had thought all went well until I
>>opened one up. Any suggestions or thoughts as what might cause this?
>>I did use the priming sugar provided :)
>>
>>Fred[/color]
>
>
>
> All I've read says about 7/8 of a cup priming sugar. I use 1 cup (for
> 5 gal). I've used malt, powered sugar, corn sugar. Boil 1 cup of
> whatever you have in four cups water 10 min or so, cool, and add to
> wort (mixing well) prior to bottling. Some sugars seem to be faster
> than others, in three or four weeks I can't tell much difference.
> Quanity is important, measure, anything more than a cup and you risk
> bottle bombs. I've never tried spooning sugar into bottles or the
> priming pills, I think there called lollies.
>
> Avery
>
> Brew on brother!
> SW US desert[/color]
I only use 3/4 of a cup of corn sugan and 1 cup of water for priming. I
have also used malt to prime, about a cup and a quarter, and the one cup
of water. You can also use any other "sugar": honey 1 cup, maple syrup
1 1/4 cup, molasses 1 cup, brown sugar 2/3 cup, or cane sugar 2/3 cup.
Boil for 10-15 minutes, cool (covered), and add to your bottling bucket,
rack the beer, bottle and cap.

--
Michael Herrenbruck
DragonTail Ale
Drunken Bee Mead