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How to Properly Prime a Beer with Candi Syrup

I have a Belgian Dubbel in the fermenter that will need to be bottled soon.  I wondered if Belgian Candi Syrup could be used as the priming sugar.  As it turns out, you can do that.   A document on the Simplicity Candi Syrup web site explains now. You need to know two things about your beer in order to do this properly.  First, what volume of CO2 do you want in the beer?  You can determine this from the style.  My Dubbel will want something in the range of 2.3 to 2.9 Volumes.  Next, what is the volume of beer you're carbonating?  In my case, this is a 2.5 gallon batch. On the Simplicity Candi Syrup web site, they offer an instruction document for carbonating beer with Candi Syrup.  The information below is derived from that document. CO2 (Volumes) Grams of Candi Syrup per Gallon 2 22.47 2.1 24.66 2.2 26.84 2.3 29.03 2.4 31.21 2.5 33.4 2.6 35.58 2.7 3...