Any advice welcome.

[clarky81]

As a lager drinker I went for Coopers Lager as it seemed to be a safe bet to get a drinkable first brew. I am still a bit unsure about how much priming sugar I should be preparing for bottling. Just going to use granulated sugar as a bench mark for future attempts. Any advice on how many much sugar to use is much appreciated. I do have a secondary bin so hoping to add priming solution at this stage before bottling.

For my next attempt I am swayed towards the Mexican Cerveza but willing to listen to any advice on what to try next baring in mind my taste is for lager but willing to be more adventurous so long as it is a step at a time towards something more interesting. All advice welcome.

Thanks for your time.

John.

 

[Sonnal]

Have a look at the priming calculator in the calculators tab at the top of the screen.

Here: http://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

Should show you what you need.

Cheers

 

[Dutto]

Only one tip and that is to ask yourself ...

"Which would I prefer, a semi-flat beer or a load of exploding bottles?"​

... and then make sure that you NEVER bottle before fermentation is finished AND you don't over prime.

These take out a lot of the worries when priming for bottling ...

http://www.homebrewcentregy.com/beer-making/brewing-sugar

Alternatively check out the Coopers site here ...

https://www.coopers.com.au/coopers-forum/topic/7396/

... where they apparently recommend 6 to 8 grams per litre.

Because I don't like "gassy" beers and never chill my beer, I use the Beer Priming Calculator to calculate the amount for a "Volumes of CO2" no higher than 2.0 (and even less when using Mini-Kegs).

Hope this helps. :thumb:

 

[Linalmeemow]

I always use 1 teaspoon of sugar per 500ml bottle and this seems to do the job well.

 

[MickDundee]

I always use 1 teaspoon of sugar per 500ml bottle and this seems to do the job well.

This probably sounds incredibly silly, but my advice would be to check your teaspoon is a teaspoon. My second ever brew gave me a bottle bomb (and it was on top of my kitchen cupboard so was a bit of a disaster!), I later discovered that my "teaspoon" I was using held about 8g so I was using more than double what I should have for that type of beer and the bottle couldn't handle it!

 

[Linalmeemow]

This probably sounds incredibly silly, but my advice would be to check your teaspoon is a teaspoon. My second ever brew gave me a bottle bomb (and it was on top of my kitchen cupboard so was a bit of a disaster!), I later discovered that my "teaspoon" I was using held about 8g so I was using more than double what I should have for that type of beer and the bottle couldn't handle it!

Sorry, should have clarified - I use a standardised measuring teaspoon from a set of measuring spoons for precisely that reason. It also allows me to be (fairly) precise across the whole batch of bottles for consistency.

 

[LarryF]

If you use 1/2tsp of normal table sugar per 500ml bottle you should be fine.

 

[clarky81]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Decided to go with priming calculator, hopefully it will work out ok. Bottles are now all filled and hopefully will behave themselves until that are ready for the fridge and drinking.

 

[Sandimas]

Next time you do it, bung some hops in there - 30g-50g of Hallertau or Saaz, they greatly improve the Coopers lager kits. Drinking one at the moment.