Table sugar for priming
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Will it work? Yes.
Will it hurt? Probably not.
Would your beer benefit if you wait to bottle and get the "right stuff?" Probably. Depends on how long it's been in the fermenter.
Would a forum search have yielded an answer faster than me typing this? Definitely.
Will it hurt? Probably not.
Would your beer benefit if you wait to bottle and get the "right stuff?" Probably. Depends on how long it's been in the fermenter.
Would a forum search have yielded an answer faster than me typing this? Definitely.
Trenchant
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I've bottled with table sugar. It works.
I've primed with both and measured by weight not volume.
It tastes the same. It carbonates the same. Its a lot cheaper and more convenient.
I would still use table sugar if I went back to bottling.
It tastes the same. It carbonates the same. Its a lot cheaper and more convenient.
I would still use table sugar if I went back to bottling.
"same amount" when measuring by weight (not volume), would be safe. Under normal circumstances one would use about 5% less sucrose by weight than dextrose because sucrose is more fermentable due to not retaining water weight.
Many of use prime with sucrose on purpose.
brewt00l
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I use table sugar all the time to prime batches...if my beer sucks, it sure ain't because of the small amount of sugar used to prime.
