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I would recommend using less than one cup (maybe 3/4 cup). When I used one cup it over-carbonated. But it did taste great. When I used molasses as priming sugar the flavor was overbearing at first but mellowed out really nicely as I aged it. I don't know how well scotch ale's age but it...

This would definitely save a lot of hassle

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I did boil it, for my 5 gal batch i boiled 1 cup molasses in 1 quart of water for 20 min. Let me know how the pecan porter turns out, that sounds delicious.

Well, I went and bottled with molasses (and some sarsparilla too) as planned. The stout turned out great. The taste of the molasses comes through lightly on the aftertaste. Its really good. in retrospect i wish i had done a few with regular corn sugar so I could have compared. But i am happy...

Hey, I am currently brewing an oatmeal stout. The recipie said to use 1 cup of molasses as the priming sugar (its a 5 gal. batch). A good friend of mine expresssed some concern about using molasses due to its high sulfer content. Has anyone ever bottled with molasses or have any clue effect...

Hey, I am currently making my first mead, and my question was mostly answered by this thread but I am going to ask it anyway just to be neurotic. My mead has been in the fermentor for about two days now and all the honey has settled to the bottom. I dont know much about mead yeas strains, but...