DIY Home Brewing Carbonation Drops

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I no longer use these on a regular basis as bottle priming with sugar solution is easier and much cheaper, but for a beginning homebrewer who's a little leery of bulk priming, these work in a pinch. Good to have on hand in case you forget to add sugar solution to your bottling bucket and have to prime in the bottle!

I purchased the Home Brew & Wine Making Pack of 80 Carbonation Tablets, and I’m really pleased with them. They’re very easy to use — just drop the right amount into the bottle before sealing, and they do the job perfectly. The carbonation is consistent, and my home brew came out nicely fizzy without any issues. No mess, no guesswork, and much more convenient than measuring sugar.

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There are plenty of methods to add priming sugar when bottle conditioning your brew, most of which can be accomplished at far lower cost than using Coopers carbonation drops. However, I have had very good results using these drops. I put one carbonation drop in each 12-oz bottle, add beer, cap it, wait a week, chill it, and then every bottle I open forms a nice head when poured into a glass. In my years of home brewing I have tried measuring sugar bottle by bottle and also mixing some amount of sugar into the whole batch just prior to bottling--and I always end up with some bottles being overcarbonated (stand back) and other bottles from the same batch being unsatisfying and flat. The carbonation drops take away the guesswork. You get pretty consistent carbonation throughout the batch. The drops came packaged in bubble wrap, undamaged. You want to be careful not to throw the bag around as some of the drops will break or crumble from rough handling. My only packaging complaint is that I wish the bag was resealable with a ziplock or something. I use a bread tie to hold it closed between batches. Also, be sure your hands are dry when you are handling the drops so you don't make a sticky mess. Bottom line: if you are like me and have trouble getting your homebrew to carbonate correctly, spend the extra money for these drops, and you won't be disappointed.