Priming Sugar Calculator

Calculate the amount of priming sugar needed for bottle conditioning your beer.

Bottle Conditioning

Enter Your Numbers

Batch Volume GAL Amount of finished beer being bottled.

Warmest Beer Temperature °F Highest temperature reached after fermentation finished.

Target Carbonation VOL CO₂ British ale 1.5–2.0 · American ale 2.2–2.7 · Wheat beer 2.7–4.0

Priming Sugar TYPE Sugar type changes the amount required by weight.

Your Results

—.—— OZ PRIMING SUGAR

Sugar Weight — g

Target Carbonation — vol

Residual CO₂ — vol

Enter your batch volume, beer temperature and target carbonation.

The Math

Carbonation Without Guesswork

Target CO₂ − Residual CO₂ = CO₂ To Add

Finished beer already contains dissolved CO₂. This calculator estimates the amount remaining based on the warmest temperature the beer reached after fermentation, then calculates the sugar needed to reach your target carbonation.