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Mike Thorwart
New Member
Username: Miket
Post Number: 32
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 01:35 pm: | 
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Hi everyone,
I need to clear out some carboys, but have no corn sugar. Scheduling and laziness make a trip to the LHBS impossible this weekend. I'm thinking of using plain old table sugar.
I've searched the archives and can't seem to find a definitive answer. I can't believe 4 oz of cane sugar will impart any flavor on the beer.
Can I use cane sugar for priming. As near as I can tell, the amount (by weight) is nearly the same - maybe a little less.
Thanks!
Mike |
Bob Boufford
Member
Username: Bobb
Post Number: 180
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 02:15 pm: |
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Mike,
John Palmer in his "How To Brew" book says cane sugar carbonates a little more but will work fine. His recommendation is 3/4 cup of corn sugar or 2/3 cup of cane sugar.
Cheers,
Bob |
Brandon Dachel
Senior Member
Username: Brandon
Post Number: 1328
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 03:17 pm: |
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Use the carbonator:
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html |
Scott A. Till
New Member
Username: Sonicmonkey
Post Number: 6
Registered: 09-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 03:34 pm: |
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Also, honey works pretty good too. I've done honey and corn sugar when I ran out of CS.
Scott |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 1317
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 04:03 pm: |
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Use white table sugar and 5 percent less than if priming with corn sugar. You won't notice the difference. |
Mike Thorwart
Junior Member
Username: Miket
Post Number: 33
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 06:22 pm: |
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Thanks all!
Maybe I won't go back to corn sugar then.
Mike |
Doug Pescatore
Senior Member
Username: Doug_p
Post Number: 1008
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 06:24 pm: |
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I almost never use corn sugar anymore.
No one noticed.......... |
q-ceps
New Member
Username: Qceps
Post Number: 4
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 03, 2004 - 07:49 pm: |
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http://www.brewrats.org/primer.html
very scientific |
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