fairly green to the world of brewing and here as well. my first batch (red ale) is bottle conditioning and will be tried sometime this weekend -but not until i brew up another batch!
i picked up and IPA true brew extract kit (it was either that or brown ale). im not really a fan of IPA but like i said, my choices at the time were limited. plus its still my first batches so i dont mind so much if i mess it up.
reading through charlie papazians complete joy of homebrewing i came across a chart in the beginner section for flavor characteristics (pg22). based on this chart i want to add corn sugar for experimentation and higher alcohol content (since im not an ipa fan i figure i might as well make it as strong as possible).
my question is this:
the chart says corn sugar which im assuming is powdered dextrose. but what if i used karo corn syrup? i know i have a jar of that from my pecan pie making phase and was wondering how that would affect the beer. would it adversely affect flavor? would it increase the alcohol? would it totally ruin it?
any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated. i am going to try tweaking the ingredients one way or another, just not sure with what. thanks in advance!
i picked up and IPA true brew extract kit (it was either that or brown ale). im not really a fan of IPA but like i said, my choices at the time were limited. plus its still my first batches so i dont mind so much if i mess it up.
reading through charlie papazians complete joy of homebrewing i came across a chart in the beginner section for flavor characteristics (pg22). based on this chart i want to add corn sugar for experimentation and higher alcohol content (since im not an ipa fan i figure i might as well make it as strong as possible).
my question is this:
the chart says corn sugar which im assuming is powdered dextrose. but what if i used karo corn syrup? i know i have a jar of that from my pecan pie making phase and was wondering how that would affect the beer. would it adversely affect flavor? would it increase the alcohol? would it totally ruin it?
any thoughts and suggestions are greatly appreciated. i am going to try tweaking the ingredients one way or another, just not sure with what. thanks in advance!