Spray malt for Priming?

[CB_Phil]

Almost ready to bottle my Porter & having a read of the intructions on the back & it talks about using a spray malt as a substitute for priming sugar
1/2 teaspoon per pint.

Anyone try this? would doing it in bottle on 2ndry FV be better?

Thanks again lads

[Bubbles]

Spraymalt is not as fermentable as sucrose or dextrose, so your carbonation will be less.

Use a calculator like this one:
http://cyber-byte.com/brewheads/priming.php

I'd also consider using batch priming instead of trying to prime each bottle. It's less messy and gives more consistent carbonation across your batch.

[CB_Phil]

Thank man, I dont want the carbonation to be that high, used carbonation drops last time I find it too much & using half drops didnt work right

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

For some reason, priming with spray malt seems to promote really good head and head retention in my beer.

The bubbles seem smaller, still cant figure out the science behind it.

[Garry]

For some reason, priming with spray malt seems to promote really good head and head retention in my beer.

The bubbles seem smaller, still cant figure out the science behind it.

I've found that too. It's better still using wheat DME. Having said that I usually use brewing sugar (cheapskate  ).

[CB_Phil]

Guess Ill give it a shot so. Reckon Ill have 16-17 ltrs taking a ltr or so away as loss in transfer, so I reckon about 315g of spray should do the trick?

[sub82]

Will definitely try this the next time we're bottling!

[Metattron]

That's about 3 times too much Phil.  100g should be enough for 16l.  Half a teaspoon per bottle is how I usually gauge it.

[CB_Phil]

Thats probably what I get for doing calculations in my head, was working from 85g per 5 uk gallons as it said on the instructions, but ofcourse rounding off makes things easier in the head, but whoops