Stupid question

Northern Brewer General
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I have the NB Irish Red extract kit.
One of the ingredients I don’t recognize.
I forgot what the package said(it wasn’t anything obvious) it contains some small clear/white balls of what looks like maybe gummies or something. Is this the priming sugar for bottlling? I think it said something about carbonation on the package. Its definatley not my yeast, hops or grains. I’m just kegging so I don’t priming sugar. Thanks

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http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/coop ... drops.html

Carbonation drops. An easy way to carbonate beer by the bottle. Simply drop in one for a 12 oz. bottle, or two for a 22 ounce bottle. Each package contains 60 drops.

I have some. But never used them.

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or maybe this.

Brewer’s Best Conditioning Tabs

http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/munt ... -tabs.html

This unique priming sugar is in tablet format and is made from dextrose, dry malt extract, and heading powder. To use, add 3 to 5 tablets per 12 oz. bottle depending on desired carbonation level, and condition for 1 week. Each 4.5 ounce pack contains approximately 250 tablets.

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I was going to say candi sugar. But it is not listed in the ingredients.

You must have chosen the drops/tabs for your priming sugar option.

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I’ve never seen them include this as the priming sugar. You might give them a call and see what is up.

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Thanks, it was definately the conditioning tablets that I received.
I was going to keg this time in the future I might bottle.
So that’s not good to use for bottling then?

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I’ve heard a lot of people say they get inconsistent results with these things.

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[quote=“muddywater_grant”]http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/coopers-carbonation-drops.html

Carbonation drops. An easy way to carbonate beer by the bottle. Simply drop in one for a 12 oz. bottle, or two for a 22 ounce bottle. Each package contains 60 drops.

I have some. But never used them.[/quote]

I’ve used them for onsey-twosy beers that I bottle from batch left-overs after kegging. They work just fine as long as you are not a stickler for precise carbonation level.