Ascorbic Acid

[Seanbmc]

I am branching away for the store's extract kits and putting together one I found out of a homebrewer's book. Ive ordered most of the ingredients except for Ascorbic Acid. I was thinking of brewing today, but obviously I would be missing this from the beer. Is there any in-store substitution? How will its absence change the beer?

5 lb Light LME
1 lb 6-Row Malt
1 lb flaked barley
1 oz cascade
1 oz fuggles
1 oz Saaz (dry)
1 American Lager Yeast

 

[Yooper]

I am branching away for the store's extract kits and putting together one I found out of a homebrewer's book. Ive ordered most of the ingredients except for Ascorbic Acid. I was thinking of brewing today, but obviously I would be missing this from the beer. Is there any in-store substitution? How will its absence change the beer?

5 lb Light LME
1 lb 6-Row Malt
1 lb flaked barley
1 oz cascade
1 oz fuggles
1 oz Saaz (dry)
1 American Lager Yeast

Ascorbic Acid? Leave it out. I don't know much your recipe calls for, but it's Vitamin C. It's often in fruit juice as a preservative, but I've never used it in a beer.

Maybe it's supposed to add a sour tang to the beer? I've never heard of anybody using it in any beer, though, so I'm completely clueless.

 

[eastoak]

vitamin c as an ingredient in beer? never heard of it but i doubt it will negatively impact your beer not to include it.