karo syrup - Page 2

IowaHarry · 01-19-2009, 04:40 AM

The OP was asking about using it in the wort during the boil to up the SG. Using it for priming sugar for bottling I have not done. You can if you want but I don't know how much you would use.

jonbrout · 01-19-2009, 06:35 AM

Mmm well if anyone has any idea i would love to know. I thought Karo was just corn sugar after all and was going to use it for priming. Yes, No, maybe so? What do you all use? thanks.

IowaHarry · 01-19-2009, 07:27 AM

For a 5 gallon batch I use between 2/3 and 3/4 of a cup of table sugar. I take a two cup pyrex measuring cup, 1 cup of water, bring to a boil in microwave, add sugar cautiously as it will probably get excited, stir to disolve, dump in bottling bucket. Rack new beer into bottling bucket, give it a gentle stir, commence bottling. Don't get carried away with the stirring as it can lead to oxidizing.

Yes, Karo is corn syrup. I just don't know how much to use for priming.

**Yooper** · 01-19-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by IowaHarry

For a 5 gallon batch I use between 2/3 and 3/4 of a cup of table sugar. I take a two cup pyrex measuring cup, 1 cup of water, bring to a boil in microwave, add sugar cautiously as it will probably get excited, stir to disolve, dump in bottling bucket. Rack new beer into bottling bucket, give it a gentle stir, commence bottling. Don't get carried away with the stirring as it can lead to oxidizing.

Yes, Karo is corn syrup. I just don't know how much to use for priming.

Karo is corn syrup. It's not "just" corn sugar, though. The dark has other ingredients (listed from their website above) and the light has things like vanillin in it. I wouldn't use it. I'd use corn sugar or DME or table sugar, or even honey if I had to, but not corn syrup.