Using processed sugar cubes to prime tallies

[chum]

Has anyone used those processed white sugar cubes you can buy in supermarkets to prime beer with? The weight comes in at about 4-5 grams depending on brand. Seems like a cheaper alternative to carbonation drops.

[yardglass]

i never liked the carb drops and can't say as i used the cubes, just a suggestion, have you thought of bulk priming ?

consistent carbonation in any size bottle once you prime and easier to carb up to your preferred style of beer.

cheers

[chum]

I've thought of bulk priming, but then I've shot myself in the foot by using my second fermeter to brew another beer. I really dont have anymore room for another fermeter in the house.

[yardglass]

well at least you're putting it to good use

all i can say from experience is that the measuring scoops you can get from any HBS are an easy and reliable way to go, all i ever used before i got my keg was the scoops and white sugar, sometimes brown sugar in a darker ale or similar.

i tried priming a few bottles of wheat beer with honey once, bloody disaster, underprimed to the sh!thouse

cheers

[Ed]

Only a couple of potential probs maybe. How sanitary might the cubes be, and do they actually fit through the neck? Before I got a dedicated bottling bucket and both fermenters were in use, I sometimes have boiled and cooled a sugar/water mix and then used a syringe to get it in the bottle. Works a treat and is accurate (better than carbonation drops). Syringes are cheap from the chemist, but they'll probably think you've a drug habit if you go to purchase

Cheers, Ed

[JubJub]

Heaped sgar spoon for me Is about 6g dextrose. No problems so far from 2 batches.

[gregb]

Or try this: http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/forum/vi ... php?t=1302

Cheers,
Greg

[chum]

thanks gregb, sounds like a fantastic idea, hopefully he will actually have some considering its been a while since he posted about that product

[blandy]

Syringes are cheap from the chemist, but they'll probably think you've a drug habit if you go to purchase

Just say you're diabetic.