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[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

the sugar is there because it's a triple, it's just a cheap way to get higher alcohol, it's not rocket science, add all the ingredient's at once and brew the beer

 

[moga]

I would think you would get instructions included with the kit when it shipped to your house.

Think of sugar as something that can be added for 2 main purposes:

1) Fermentable sugars
In this case, the 2lb of sugar from your recipe is meant to be part of the fermentable sugar along with the sugars from the Pilsen DME available to your yeast during fermentation. Sugar is not called for as part of the fermentables in all recipes but using some type of sugar is common when brewing a Tripel (as well as several other styles). Add it now.

2) Carbonation
As JA mentioned the sugar you'll put in when it's time to bottle (priming sugar) is a very small amount which is then immediately sealed into bottles. The purpose of this is to carbonate the beer. You'll want to use an online calculator to figure out the amount to add based on the volume of beer, temp of fermentation, and desired level of carbonation. Here's a good one: https://www.brewersfriend.com/beer-priming-calculator/

I would also highly recommend looking through http://www.howtobrew.com/ or even better, find someone with experience (friend or brewing group) that can help you in person if possible. We're all happy to continue helping you too but it can be easier to learn from someone who has experience directly. Good luck Moga!

many thanks

 

[moga]

here is pic after adding sugar

 

[thunderwagn]

here is pic after adding sugarView attachment 4375

Haha! That's classic. Thanks for posting!

 

[GFHomebrew]

here is pic after adding sugarView attachment 4375

Wowie it's about to BLOW! awesome!

 

[Hawkbox]

Well that should help prevent oxidization.

 

[White Haus Brews]

Probably also works as a makeshift spunding valve unless he releases the pressure at some point. You may need to err on the conservative side when adding priming sugar.