Bottling- out of corn sugar, substitute what?

[eko]

I just got all setup to bottle and realized I was out of corn sugar. Haven't run into this problem before. Can I use white, granulated sugar? How about brown sugar? I assume I'd need different amounts? Is the process different? How do they affect final taste?

I've got 5 gallons of IPA that's been dry hopping for almost 2 weeks in the car boy (after 1 week in the primary).

Thanks.

 

[day_trippr]

You should be using weight to measure your priming charge, and in that case granulated table sugar will work 1:1 to corn sugar. Don't know about brown sugar but it's likely to be in the ball park unless it's super damp...

Cheers!

 

[masskrug]

Regular granulated sugar from the store works fine. About 1 ounce of sugar per gallon of beer you have, depending on style.

 

[OswaldvW]

You can also use honey or DME in addition to the other choices of table sugar and brown sugar. Each option has a different potency, so the measurements might not be exactly the same from one to the other.

I often use this tool to assist in my calculations:
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/recipator/carbonation.html

 

[chuckcomm]

Did my last batch with DME and it carbed nicely with a nice head and glass icing.

I followed the advice I read here about bottling http://www.thegreatmaibockaddict.com/bottling.shtml

 

[dkevinb]

Here's a priming calculator that lists a ton of options:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

 

[eko]

Thanks all. Appreciate the quick responses.

Here's a priming calculator that lists a ton of options:

http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

I had checked this calculator - but I wasn't sure what table sugar counted as in this list. Sucrose??

 

[paperairplane]

Cane sugar, brown sugar, honey, DME, LME, molasses, fruit juice, fruit puree, maple syrup, agave syrup - anything with fermentable sugar.

 

[doug293cz]

Thanks all. Appreciate the quick responses.



I had checked this calculator - but I wasn't sure what table sugar counted as in this list. Sucrose??

Yes, table sugar (both cane and beet) is sucrose.

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