How much sugar?

[theblaster]

I am sure that this has been answered before, but after 4 pages I gave up trying to find the answer...

Need to bottle my recently brewed beer. Forgot to get the corn sugar from my LHBS when I got my ingredients and don't want to drive back - the gas is more expensive than the sugar by a fair stretch. Can someone tell me how much sugar I need to add to the bottling bucket (by volume not by weight please)? It is a 5 gallon batch.

Much appreciated.

[pythoner]

We are going to need more information like the temperature, target volumes of co2, type of sugar. Also why in volume and not weight?

[Jbug]

3/4 cup of sugar should be good... That should get you around 2.5 volumes of CO2


Josh

[bazookazilla]

Read carefully and really pay close attention to the nomograph.

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html

Please don't make the same mistakes I did and listen to the 3/4 cup per batch rule!!!!! It's a bunch of bull mess!!!! The nomograph is the way to go.

THANK YOU!!!!! to John Palmer for providing us schleps with this information.
(I like to use regular granulated sugar...it's cheaper and works every bit as well)

[Jbug]

Read carefully and really pay close attention to the nomograph.

http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html

Please don't make the same mistakes I did and listen to the 3/4 cup per batch rule!!!!! It's a bunch of bull mess!!!! The nomograph is the way to go.

THANK YOU!!!!! to John Palmer for providing us schleps with this information.
(I like to use regular granulated sugar...it's cheaper and works every bit as well)

I've never heard of the 3/4 cup rule... I pulled this from a chart in Beechum's book and converted from weight to volume. I'd rather weigh my materials out though.


Josh

[theblaster]

I think the "3/4 cup rule" comes from the page linked.

John Palmer's page:
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Here's how to make and add priming solutions:
1. Boil 3/4 cup of corn sugar (4 oz by weight), or 2/3 cup of white sugar, or 1 and 1/4 cup dry malt extract in 2 cups of water and let it cool. Use the nomograph...
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In my case, since I was looking for a volume of white sugar for bottling, it would be the "2/3 of a cup" rule.

As for the question of why I wanted it by volume instead of weight, simply because my baking goods scale has a bum battery. Can't get a weight accurate to the ounce with a bathroom scale...

Thanks all for pointing me to this handy chart!