Mice ate my corn sugar!

[dmaxdmax]

So I've got everything set for my first bottling day only to discover that mice chewed through the sealed plastic bag of pre-measured corn sugar! Yeesh.

How much table sugar should I substitute for a cup of corn sugar? I assume it will be ok and not worth a trip to the brew store to buy more corn sugar.

Related: The brew has stayed in the primary/bottling bucket longer than I'd planned. It's a belgian wit with dry yeast. Is it safe to assume that at four weeks there's still enough life in the yeast to carbonate the bottles?

 

[JonM]

Check tastybrew.com's priming sugar calculator. It'll tell you just how much sucrose to use.

 

[BradleyBrew]

yes there will be plenty of yeast to carbonate your brewski.

 

[JonM]

Heh - I'm just imaging a mouse freaking out with a sugar rush. Kind of like when Bart Simpson and Milhouse got an all-syrup Squishy.

 

[BrewScout]

Heh - I'm just imaging a mouse freaking out with a sugar rush. Kind of like when Bart Simpson and Milhouse got an all-syrup Squishy.

+1 Best episode ever

 

[passedpawn]

To convert corn sugar to table sugar, just subtract 10% (by weight).

Both sugars are completely convertible by the yeast. The reason for the 10% diff is because the corn sugar contains 10% more water. Table sugar, because of it's crystalline form, doesn't absorb near as much.

 

[dmaxdmax]

To convert corn sugar to table sugar, just subtract 10% (by weight).

I don't know the weight. I just know the package said 1 cup.

 

[passedpawn]

For a 5g batch, use a half cup of table sugar.

 

[dmaxdmax]

For a 5g batch, use a half cup of table sugar.

I just used the calculator which yielded 4 ounces of table sugar. Measured it and it is magically 1/2 cup.

Thanks, everyone!

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