priming sugar
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priming sugar
I just wanted to know if brown sugar can be used in place if corn sugar for priming ? I am still bottling all of my beer. I am still new to all of this. I am looking to start kegging but in the mean time...
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Mike Grover
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Jayzen -
Brown sugar will work fine. It has a small amount of molasses in it, and might contribute flavor accordingly. However, the priming amount is pretty small and shouldn't make a notciceable difference except perhaps with a very light bodied beer. I suspect that you might want to use just a tiny bit more brown sugar than the amount of corn sugar you normally would've used.
Cheers!
Brown sugar will work fine. It has a small amount of molasses in it, and might contribute flavor accordingly. However, the priming amount is pretty small and shouldn't make a notciceable difference except perhaps with a very light bodied beer. I suspect that you might want to use just a tiny bit more brown sugar than the amount of corn sugar you normally would've used.
Cheers!