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Adeptus says it's the last part of the beer-making process that the brewer has control over. His illustrated article on how to prime and bottle beer, with lots of pictures and a link to an online carbonation calculator, is here[/url:39onbp5j].

Excellent and extremely useful article from the ever productive Barry, well done. I use an almost identical method with great success.

For novice brewers I think it is worth emphasizing the different terms used for sugar which I found confusing in my early days. Set out below is my interpretation. Please correct if this is wrong.

[i:z9vjq1uz]On the carbonation calculator the options are[/i:z9vjq1uz]

[b:z9vjq1uz]Corn Sugar[/b:z9vjq1uz]--- Dextrose or more commonly sold as Glucose in the baking section of most Irish supermarkets (For general all round use I have found this to be the best)

[b:z9vjq1uz]Cane sugar[/b:z9vjq1uz]-- The white / Brown stuff you put in your Tea / coffee

[b:z9vjq1uz]Dried Malt Extract[/b:z9vjq1uz]--self explanatory

[b:z9vjq1uz]Honey[/b:z9vjq1uz] --self explanatory

Very useful article. Couple of things about it

1. You mention 250ml of water to mix with your 21 liters of beer. Should this amount of water be scaled down if small batches of beer are being brewed?

2. The link at the bottom of the article for discussion on the forum brings you back to the homepage, and not this thread

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Cheers delzep. I've fixed that.

"delzep":2f6qmjon wrote: You mention 250ml of water to mix with your 21 liters of beer. Should this amount of water be scaled down if small batches of beer are being brewed?[/quote:2f6qmjon]
It can be, but use common sense and don't try to boil/simmer 50ml or something. 250ml is by no means perscriptive, as sometimes I use less, sometimes more. I have yet to come across something that says "use Xml of water per L of beer to be primed". As with everything in brewing, common sense can often be your best guide. It's definitely not painting by numbers! Try things, make mistakes and learn. I'm still doing all three of those! <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Westy, thanks <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> Regarding the terms they use on the carbonation calculator, I did point out that

&amp;quot;I&amp;quot;:2f6qmjon wrote: Most of them are pretty obvious, but if you are using Dextrose/Glucose, this is what they call Corn Sugar[/quote:2f6qmjon]
I can add some terms to it if this isn't clear. I know I had issues with dextrose vs. glucose vs. corn sugar until I looked it up. Damned American jargon <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

I'm going for an APA which should be around 6% so even if its watered down slightly with 250ish ml it shouldn't be too bad.

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