Can somebody tell me what is the best sugar to prime with. I bulk prime my
brews and usually just use 180gm (in 22litres) of whatever brewing sugar I
am using. This could be any one of three or four commercial sugars, or even
pure glucose. Would I be better to use ordinary table sugar? Is there any
benefit in priming with glucose? What is the recommended rate for priming 22
litres?
Thanks,
hendo

Corn sugar will ferment out completely...

"J.Hennessy" <jlhendo@pacific.net.au> wrote in message
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> Can somebody tell me what is the best sugar to prime with. I bulk prime my
> brews and usually just use 180gm (in 22litres) of whatever brewing sugar I
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> pure glucose. Would I be better to use ordinary table sugar? Is there any
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> hendo
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 07:43:18 +1000, "J.Hennessy" <jlhendo@pacific.net.au>
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>Can somebody tell me what is the best sugar to prime with. I bulk prime my
>brews and usually just use 180gm (in 22litres) of whatever brewing sugar I
>am using. This could be any one of three or four commercial sugars, or even
>pure glucose. Would I be better to use ordinary table sugar? Is there any
>benefit in priming with glucose? What is the recommended rate for priming 22
>litres?[/color]

Pretty much everyone can tell you what the "best" priming sugar is :)
(and in many answers)

Dextrose/glucose is supposedly best because it ferments out
completely... although I've had some funny tasting beers when I've used
it.

Sucrose / table sugar will also ferment out completely, but the
quantities will be slightly different. I've used with no problems.

Alternatively, use light malt, or wheat malt.

Here's a few links you might find useful...

[url]http://hbd.org/~ddraper/priming.html[/url]
[url]http://oz.craftbrewer.org/[/url]

cheers,
Ross.
--
Ross McKay, WebAware Pty Ltd
"Since when were you so generously inarticulate?" - Elvis Costello

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You can NOT prime with malt !!!, but you can prime with malt extract.. and
the ammount depends on how much carbonation you want in your beer and the
frementing temp of the beer..

look at this link

[url]http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html[/url]

Kasper
Denmark