Hi all, I was wondering what the corn sugar does that cane sugar does not I know the Ed Worts calls recipe calls for corn sugar is it for taste or alcohol or both. I can't get corn sugar without a two hour trip or ordering it.
Hi all, I was wondering what the corn sugar does that cane sugar does not I know the Ed Worts calls recipe calls for corn sugar is it for taste or alcohol or both. I can't get corn sugar without a two hour trip or ordering it.
No, it will be the same.
Corn sugar and cane or beet sugar are pretty much interchangeable in wine and cider making (and brewing, actually, as well).
The difference between dextrose (corn sugar) and cane sugar (sucrose) is minimal. Sucrose is a disaccharide comprised of dextrose and fructose. Corn sugar is dextrose, a monosaccharide. The theory is that it takes more energy to "break" the two bonds in sucrose than in dextrose but that's just a theory, and it doesn't seem to matter in wine or cider making.
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