I'm out of priming sugar, what else can I use?

If you can’t wait until your next shipment from Midwest, or you don’t have a brew shop near you there are many options for carbonating you beer with something else than priming sugar. Just about anything that has sugar in it could be used, but here are a few examples and the amounts that you need:

Using honey- 1 cup for bottling and <½ cup for kegging.
Using maple syrup- 1¼ cup for bottling and 5/8 cup for kegging.
Using molasses- 1 cup for bottling and <½ cup for kegging.
Using brown sugar 2/3 cup for bottling and <1/3 cup for kegging.
Using cane sugar (table sugar)- 1 cup for bottling and <1/3 cup for kegging.

It is a good idea to mix these with a little water and boil before adding to your bottling bucket. That way everything breaks down and the yeast has an easier time using the sugars. Keep in mind that these different sugars will also leave a different flavor in your beer. The sugar that you use can be just one more thing to make your beer different then anything else out there. Maybe try brown sugar with a brown or a stout? That little extra sweetness can make a good beer even better.

I don’t have any priming sugar, is there anything else I can use to carbonate my beer? PDF