Any ales with a sugar cane in it

[PorkChop198]

a pal and i are planning to brew a beer that has sugar cane in it but have that as the main ingredient is there any with that if so can u list the ingredients for it because we would like to homebrew that type of mixture

 

[Oldsock]

There are plenty of beers that have some cane sugar in them, but above 20% is rare and above 30% is more than I would ever suggest (see that DFH 120 clone thread). Sugar is highly fermentable, so it won't leave the flavor/body that malt will. Sugar is also low in the trace nutrients and amino acids yeast cells need, so some yeast nutrient would be strongly recommended.

Hope that helps, good luck and welcome to the board.

 

[Kokopuff829]

Belgian Tripels have lots of sugar in them. It's usually candi sugar but cane would work perfectly fine. I don't think Revy uses candi in his Belgians. Look up some Belgian recipes they use sugar and can is just as good.

 

[foltster]

Are you talking about like raw sugar canes? I think read about that sometime let me see what I can find.

If you are interested in beers like this you really need to read Randy Mosher's "Radical Brewing".

 

[foltster]

Here is a discussion of using sugar cane juice. Sounds interesting to me.

http://realbeer.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=11111

 

[Bobby_M]

If sugar is the main ingredient then it's not beer. Rum mash maybe.

 

[whyrat]

I think there's some beers fortified with rum. Lion's Head export maybe? Sounds like a better route than sugarcane.

Adjuncts are rarely over 30 or 40% in even the cheapest beer, and then they use rice or corn (because that's cheaper than cane sugar). At those levels mouthfeel and flavor really suffer.

 

[Bobby_M]

I have to assume, until clarified, that the OP is looking for info on how to make hooch.