Adding priming sugar to the boil

[stevehardt]

I've been curious about this for some time, and I'm interested in getting educated opinions on the topic.

When you buy a kit you often get priming sugar or fast start or something like that. I keg so this usually goes to waste.

What would happen if you added this to the boil as an additional fermentable, especially in a heavily hopped beer like an IPA?

Just curious.

Thanks

 

[fourfarthing]

It would mainly up your OG, but then would ferment out leaving a drier beer. Too much and you could get a solventy fermentation I would expect.

 

[RM-MN]

If you buy a kit that contains 5 ounces of priming sugar, go ahead and dump it in the boil since you are kegging. It won't add much nor detract much from your beer since it will only be about 5 ounces. If you added a lot of sugar it might.

 

[DBhomebrew]

+~0.1ABV

 

[day_trippr]

A bit higher than that. I believe 5 ounces of priming sugar for five gallons of beer to 2.5 volumes of carbonation will add roughly .25% ABV...

 

[bracconiere]

well it really shouldn't go to waste, toss it in the boil.. use it for bread, put it on your oatmeal breakfast, make some candied walnuts, should work for sweetend coffee, if you like that thing....

 

[50calshooter]

I do it all the time. I think the math is 1lb of corn sugar will ferment out to 1% ABV. None of my customres at the Brewpub have noticed or said anything about the beers I've done it to being any dryer. I've never added more then a pound on a ten gallon batch.

 

[Kickass]

You can add it to any beer, not just heavily hopped beers.