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am a fan of putting table sugar in each bottle rather than using the priming bucket with priming sugar. I ahve been away for a while and bottling my first batch in a long time. I forget how much to use, so... anyone out there who bottles this way or has read about it, please remind me how much sugar I need to put in each bottle! Thanks!
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1/2 teaspoon of cane sugar per 12 oz. bottle is good for a medium to highly carbed beer. 3/4 tsp for corn sugar. I find it easier to prime by the whole batch. Simply boil 1/2 cup of cane sugar in water for a few minutes then add to the bottling bucket. Then siphon the 5 gallons of beer onto it. It mixes well.
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Yup...I think of is 3/4 tsp dextrose per 12 oz for ~3.0 vol co2
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If you have access to Cooper’s Drops, I’d suggest giving them a try. One drop per 12oz. bottle and then fill the bottle with beer. Bottle condition for about 3 weeks, and you’ve got a nice mid carbonation level.
These are corn sugar, not cane sugar and while expensive compared to putting a spoonful of sugar in, they are also relatively even with no measurement.
I’ve also seem primetabs, which look like little pills. You need several per bottle. Can’t vouch for their use, but it’s the same idea.
Cheers!
Robert
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Sounds handy, but you could also calculate the full amount of sugar that you need, dissolve it in cooking water and inject a certain amount of that liquid in each bottle with a syringe. A lot of calculation work, but quite useful.
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If one wants consistency, the Coopers drops are the way to go. Even better is to invest in a beer gun. 
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ok I just gotta ask....why would you be a fan of doing all that extra work? I mean how much easier can it get then dumping 3/4 cup of sugar into a bucket.....why go thru all the extra risk of contamination or work?
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