Bottling Stout

[gunner1]

Hi,
I've just started a Muntons Irish Style Stout and it says to add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar per pint when bottling. I don't like my beer too gassy,especially my stout, should I cut down on the sugar or will what they say be ok.

Grateful for any advice, thanks

 

[craigite]

Hi, the first time you make a specific brew it can be good to follow instructions the the second time you make it start tweeking it to your taste.
For me I prime my bottles with a home made sugar syrup. This allows me to adjust the sugar priming amount with a reasonable accuricy level.

For a nice refreshing gassy brew I desolve 140g of sugar in about 1/2 pint boiling water for 5gallon brew.
For a low corbonation for my stout I go for 85g.
Most brews are somewhere about 110g

 

[Ceejay]

You can be a bit more scientific than that. There's an easy calculator here http://kotmf.com/tools/prime.php which will work out how much sugar you actually need for a certain amount of carbonation.

The style guide recommends a range of 1.4 to 2.0 volumes CO2. If you take the lower value, 1.4 volumes, at 20 degrees C works out at 1.31g per 500ml, which is probably just over a 1/4 tsp

Batch priming, if done right, is a way you can ensure you get quite close to this figure accurately.