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Primer sugar in the boil?

Discussion in 'Beginners Beer Brewing Forum' started by brewingbryan, Mar 15, 2012.

 

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    brewingbryan

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    Posted Mar 15, 2012
    I ordered a kit and neglected to cancel the order for priming sugar because I prefer Cooper's drops.

    Has anyone ever dumped priming sugar - or Cooper's drops too, I guess - into the boil to try and slightly up the ABV?
     
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    remman4

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    Posted Mar 15, 2012
    Yep, it is a modest addition if you make 5 gal batches
     
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    Beardedterror

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    Posted Mar 15, 2012
    It's pretty much just table sugar in tablet form. Just a word of warning, though. It'll thin out your beer, as table sugar is nearly 100% fermentable.
     
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    Camride

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    Posted Mar 15, 2012
    Not a problem, like mentioned it's basically table sugar. I threw some (table sugar) into my Double IPA to bump the gravity up a bit, went from ~7.6 to 8.2 ABV.
     
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